Example sentences of "[prep] it and [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was kind of Anne to think of it and not condemn us , but — well , we 've managed so far being discreet about it , and I do n't think we should change things now . ’ |
| 2 | As the majority ( and Pope Paul too ) was most anxious both to carry the minority with it and not to seem to be in any way undermining the Roman primacy , there was such a lot of qualifying done in the course of the final formulation of the text that , as it stands , it reads a little weakly . |
| 3 | As the game progresses , owners should start to win the chase or the tug-of-war so , by the end of each game scenario — before Fido has lost interest — they are in possession of the toy , playing with it and not allowing Fido to have it . |
| 4 | ‘ How much longer I shall stay in it and not go out of it , who knows ! |
| 5 | Similarly , a physiotherapist said : ‘ I had to try and keep a brave face on it and not let on . |
| 6 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 7 | There is also the danger with sending a letter that people may misread it — or just look at it and not read it properly . |