Example sentences of "[vb mod] not do at " in BNC.

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1 What you should not do at this stage is to listen to differing advice on how to do precise round loops .
2 Viola would have to give up her career , of course — otherwise she would be coming home the same time as Gina , which would not do at all .
3 It would not do at all .
4 To say that they were here only because of a hunch would not do at all .
5 A group like Waterstones would be less likely to welcome this approach : ‘ It would n't do at Waterstones because their buyers like to do their own checking .
6 That would n't do at all .
7 This would n't do at all .
8 But of course that would n't do at all .
9 If she was going to do the job at all , professional pride demanded she do it properly and , for hair as thick and luxuriant as his , ‘ just chopping a bit off ’ would n't do at all .
10 No , that would n't do at all .
11 I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places
12 With something so idiosyncratic there are things it ca n't do at all well , and others it can perform superbly .
13 ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’
14 ‘ Chéri , this will not do at all , ’ he said lightly .
15 It wo n't do at all . ’
16 ‘ That wo n't do at all — ’
17 ‘ Oh , that wo n't do at all ! ’
18 ‘ Now then , ’ said Deuce , looking critically around the large sitting room which seemed to Harry to be the sort of place the Queen of England would live in , ‘ this wo n't do at all . ’
19 I 'm afraid they wo n't do at all for G.W. Fashions . ’
20 It wo n't do at all .
21 Speaking in public , as he can not do at home , Mr Sisulu said that this weekend 's conference in South Africa called by the Mass Democratic Movement to bring together all anti-apartheid forces was likely to call for intensified economic sanctions .
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