Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [coord] not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 In any case , she would only laugh and not believe a word of it .
2 ‘ If that 's your Capri outside you 'd better watch and not get a ticket .
3 Then from out there where Slorne 's gaze had led him , from out of the dark moonlit sky , there came a distant calling of a name , a place , a power , and it was like a great presence he could only feel and not see , and it cast itself over him , and over his cage , and over the whole Zoo , and over more than that .
4 They can nevertheless do or not do various things that diminish its effects or progress .
5 Just as someone has short sight , penicillin allergy or diabetes never recovers from these conditions but can nonetheless do or not do various things that diminish their effects or progress , similarly , sufferers from addictive disease even though they may no longer use the substance or behaviour of addiction .
6 Poor girl , she ca n't work and not eat . ’
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