Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no point in having a system which keeps on playing up ; much better not to have one at all . |
| 2 | Furthermore , teaching Portuguese in primary school to children who do not speak it at home further isolates school experience from that of the home . |
| 3 | Disappointingly strawberries do not freeze so if you do not eat them at once you need to use them up in some other way . |
| 4 | Do not eat anything at least two hours before going to bed . |
| 5 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 6 | My response to these people is , if you can , t do the thing properly , then , please , do not do it at all . |
| 7 | When taking notes it is important to write down any new words or concepts , even if you do not understand them at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ The fact that in saying that you clearly mean to reassure me , ’ said Lydia , ‘ shows that you do not know me at all well . |
| 9 | I do not see them at all . |
| 10 | The long lists of ‘ doubles ’ ( usually carp ) that some anglers publish each season do not impress me at all . |
| 11 | Some judges make extensive use of shoulder headings ; some do not use them at all . |
| 12 | Considering the Hay & Maddock results for human geography , where the authors found that 40% of social scientists rarely refer to theses , and 29% do not use them at all , it will be apparent that geological theses form a significant element in the communication process , since almost half of them are cited . |
| 13 | Lots of young couples do not use contraception on their first time , and many do not use it at all . |
| 14 | As with brainstorming , do not reject anything at this stage . |
| 15 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
| 16 | Many of the topics they raise during this election campaign do not interest us at all . |
| 17 | If those companies can not sell their products at home , and if the Government do not encourage them at home , people abroad will not be encouraged to buy them either . |
| 18 | ‘ Either you support the programme or you amend it , which means you do not support it at all , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Therefore there is a logical tendency to preclude from view the social reasons why people are using the land in such a way as to cause excessive soil erosion , and so most conservation policies do not address them at all . |
| 20 | Some people prefer not to use them at all and remove them . |
| 21 | I 've not seen it mummy , I 've not seen it at all . |
| 22 | Children will encounter the Christian Church in the outside world , and will meet with Christianity among their contemporaries as they grow up , even if they have not met it at home . |
| 23 | I have not woken them at dawn with my racket , I have not drawn on the wall in felt-tip , I have not hugged Wally the cat round the neck , I have not spat out my liver and spinach , put worms in the watering can , cacked my pants , made brown finger paintings on the wall … |