Example sentences of "[adv] do [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentimentality says that there will always be an England Church , and though you personally do n't do anything about or believe in it , it 's nice that someone does . |
| 2 | That 's up to yourself , I personally do n't do it at all |
| 3 | Franco not only did not do so but , on the following day , requested Sperrle to send any spare aircraft he might have to the Madrid front . |
| 4 | They do n't look real , anyway ; they are all thin , spotless , and they obviously do n't do anything practical ( like walk around , for instance ) . |
| 5 | The helper obviously did not do part of the actions denoted by the infinitives in these sentences . |
| 6 | So the man needed a way of showing how wealthy he was , and he did that by having a large house , by having lots of servants , and also by dressing his wife , I mean by having a wife who did n't have to work , who could stay at home , and wore clothes to show this , so you get the beginning of incredibly impractical clothes which showed that the woman obviously did n't do any work , because it was completely impossible to do any . |
| 7 | Few exercise routines are designed for the 55-plus age range , so do n't do anything that hurts or is exhausting . |
| 8 | ‘ The constable is on his way so do n't do anything foolish , will you ? ’ |
| 9 | Using EMM386 to provide expanded RAM for cacheing purposes is a waste of time and memory — so do n't do it . |
| 10 | So do n't do it again . ’ |
| 11 | Definitely not allowed to swear tonight so do n't do it . |
| 12 | So do n't do it else I 'll pull the table apart like I la , tipped the table in the air ! |
| 13 | So so do n't do n't leave revision till the last minute . |
| 14 | Pigs bred for life inside do n't do well outside — so the Pig Improvement Company has come up with a tougher type of pig . |
| 15 | The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running . |
| 16 | The noise in the Chamber tonight did not do the House great credit , but I do not think that it came from one side alone . |
| 17 | The colour photos I have seen of this fish just do not do him justice . |
| 18 | So you , you just do not do this . |
| 19 | He replied , ‘ Almost never — they just do n't do it . ’ ’ |
| 20 | You just do n't do that in the press box . ’ |
| 21 | I agree with this lady and with the dictum of Jennie Churchill , Winston 's American mum who dallied a bit herself : ‘ Just do n't do it on the street and frighten the horses . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You just do n't do that . |
| 23 | ‘ You can even cheek your teachers and some of them just do n't do anything , you know . |
| 24 | I think it 's important to find space for ourselves which sometimes we just do n't do . |
| 25 | Just do n't do it on my account . |
| 26 | I know how they 're supposed to work , I know all about the importance attached to establishing a rapport and initiating trust and building confidence and all that shit ( and I 'm almost flattered they have n't done the old good-cop bad-cop routine , though maybe they just do n't do that at all any more because everybody knows about it from the TV ) , but I really do feel something for McDunn : he 's like my lifeline back to reality , my ray of sanity in the nightmare . |
| 27 | They just do n't do anything with a Saturday and Sunday . |
| 28 | ‘ Just do n't do anything to annoy people . |
| 29 | Either I am too heavy or I just do n't do it right . |
| 30 | But you do n't at any stage say , what did you say that for , you know , something like that , you just do n't do that sort of thing . |