Example sentences of "[prep] [det] and [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you should wait for that and do n't make any presumptions about the future of the runway . |
| 2 | I never do any of this and have n't any of the underwear either . |
| 3 | Jasper sensed some of this and vowed not to go along with it in the sheeplike fashion of the others . |
| 4 | He had n't meant to lose control like that and did n't really know why he had . |
| 5 | I said to her if she did n't make it the first time , let her lend you my hammer she said do n't you talk like that and do n't you let e Geoff hear you ! |
| 6 | But the majority of policemen and women we encountered were not like this and did not engage in little acts of subterfuge to limit what the field-worker saw or heard because either they had nothing to hide or , more rarely , they were not concerned to conceal it . |
| 7 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 8 | Reference to the law of treaties is , of course , irrelevant in this context , since this is the international law which binds only one Government to another and does not therefore commit a country to a constitutional or legislative change , as does the Treaty of Rome . |
| 9 | ‘ It does n't matter whether the customer wants to buy a bus ticket or round the world cruise , ’ says managing director William Shaw , ‘ we offer a complete service to all and do n't just concentrate on packages . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I was not suspicious at all and did not know anything about it . |
| 11 | They gave me no encouragement at all and did n't even realize I was so into football . |
| 12 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 13 | You did n't do the work at all and did n't give me the book either . |
| 14 | They had passed out as a result of the good time had by all and did not come to until the evening . |