Example sentences of "do not [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 2 | First of all in chapter three and in verse seven , it says therefore , just as the Holy Spirit says , today if you hear his voice do not harden your hearts . |
| 3 | His eyes narrowed on her pale , proud face as she backed away from him , her heart beating so rapidly that it was all she could do not to betray her agitation by raising her hands to calm it . |
| 4 | ‘ They do not visit and do not know their neighbours . |
| 5 | On 19 May a copy of AFHQ 's " Distone Order " of 17 May that all " dissident Yugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy was submitted to Gen McCreery who saw it but did not date his initials or order any action . |
| 6 | ‘ Those notes — they did not bear my name . |
| 7 | The minutes were written by the chairman in his own hand ; in Whitbread 's case , this did not enhance their legibility . |
| 8 | Media Vision Technology Inc , making multimedia products in Fremont , California got its initial public offering of 1.75m shares , 1m of them new , away at $26.25 a share ; it did not give its plans for the $25m or so net proceeds . |
| 9 | They did not give their reasons , but Fr Morrow said that they had told him they had carefully studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Mr Bland and felt that they could not serve the summons . |
| 10 | Nine patients did not give their number of sexual partners and one of them did not tell her age at first intercourse . |
| 11 | She did not give their talk her whole attention . |
| 12 | Before he could be consulted , writs were issued against the banks by the companies and the shareholders in accordance with resolutions purporting to have been passed by each board of directors consisting of members of the Crawley family , but the receivers of each of the companies did not give their consent . |
| 13 | When I was finished with her , I would make sure she did not give our hiding place away . |
| 14 | A very drunk accused did not give his name and address to the taxi driver . |
| 15 | It is therefore extremely significant that we read of Jesus in the New Testament that the Spirit descends and remains on him ( John 1:32 ) and that God did not give his Spirit by measure or sparingly to him ( John 3:34 ) . |
| 16 | Although Price did not give his evidence on oath ( because under Swedish law an accomplice can not be required to give evidence on oath ) , he was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court , and he declared himself to be aware of his duty of truthfulness . |
| 17 | Reza Shah did not give his son much of substance to do . |
| 18 | Histon keeper David Norman went off with a back injury but Newmarket did not give his replacement , ex-Newmarket defender Dick Hall , too many problems after the break . |
| 19 | When Val was gone , Roland realised , with a shock like a religious conversion , that he did not want their way of life to go on . |
| 20 | Gentle readers did not want their poetry linked with what amounts to sociology ; with his taste for ‘ interviewing ’ the practitioners of strange trades like the Leechgatherer and asking ‘ How is it that you live and what is it you do ? ’ |
| 21 | He guessed , rightly , that the kidnappers did not want their hideout discovered — at least , not yet . |
| 22 | Some expressly did not want their money to go for weapons ; others were said to be so thrilled that they wanted their names on the missiles . |
| 23 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 24 | This is an interesting monument because the architect , Rodolfo Vantini , who completed the work in 1828 , wanted to get away from the conventional Roman triumphal arch , ( a decision said to have been as much due to the local inhabitants complaining that they did not want their view of the Lombardian Pre-Alps blocked as to any creative urge ) . |
| 25 | However , I soon realized that he did not want their friendship to grow into love . |
| 26 | This was the case with a significant number of the girls talking here , for instance , Lorraine and Cathy , both of whose mothers had had children in their teens , and consequently had felt very sympathetic to what their daughters were going through , and Debbie 's mother , who had been more upset because she did not want her daughter to have the same sort of life as she had had . |
| 27 | At the same time Diana did not want her friends to see her in such a wretched , unhappy state . |
| 28 | ‘ You must listen to this , ’ said Hugo , and Valerie , out of simple love , stopped writing and listened , though Lover at the Gate was in mid-flow and she did not want her concentration spoiled : what she now put on the page was beginning to have the quality of automatic writing : she feared the cutting-in of her own rationality : doubt would come with it , and hesitation . |
| 29 | He said that there had been unprecedented civilian involvement in the coup attempt and that the government did not want its opponents to exploit the situation through the media . |
| 30 | Paul Stevenson of the agent said : ‘ The buyer did not want its identity revealing . ’ |