Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv prt] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus ( 61 ) will be true , on this account , just in case there is some reference time ( say , another event ) prior to CT , such that at that reference time , ( 62 ) would have been true ( while ( 62 ) is in turn true , just in case ( 63 ) would have been true at some point prior to the CT of ( 62 ) ) : ( 6z ) John had seen Mary ( 62 ) John saw Mary ( 63 ) John sees Mary But such M-tenses do not match up simply with L-tenses , for L-tenses nearly always encode additional aspectual and modal features too ( see Comrie , 1976a ; Lyons , 1977a : 703ff , 809ff ) . |
| 2 | When the two do not match up there is pressure either to revise the blueprints or to change the environment . |
| 3 | There are effectively no vibrational selection rules , so the technique is particularly useful for detecting vibrations that do not appear in either IR or Raman spectra . |
| 4 | Do not sit back too comfortably in your chair : this can look very complacent . |
| 5 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 6 | Although we must respond to the offence , we must avoid the ’ Something must be done ’ syndrome and ensure that we do not lash out wildly in some public relations exercise . |
| 7 | In particular , areas like Knowsley and Tower Hamlets , which contain vast tracts of the poorest council housing , do not show up as especially in need of redistributional funding under the formulae used in the assessment of GRE . |
| 8 | Recent authors , mentioned above , distinguish between Stein 's German action and Walter 's Viennese action because in detail their escapements do not function in quite the same way . |
| 9 | The wise man in Proverbs twenty seven , he says , do not boast about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring forth . |
| 10 | There could well be some of this between a male and female as they pair , but if they do not settle down then you can assume they are both males . |
| 11 | They do not fit in readily with any contemporary ideology or with the manifesto of any established political party . |
| 12 | He says that automatic alarms that warn of radioactivity on clothes have been ‘ arbitrarily ’ adjusted so that the alarms do not go off too often . |
| 13 | Note that elements of unc do not go in twice . |
| 14 | He said he was very heartened to hear the comments of those taking part ; all felt they had to finish as a matter of pride — they do not give up easily in Gawthorpe . |
| 15 | ‘ Those bastards do not give up so easily , eh ? |
| 16 | There are radiators in the attic but they do not give out much warmth . |
| 17 | This argument misses the point that Freud 's notion of instinct is a link concept between the bio-physical and the experiential — geese do not experience in precisely the same sense as human beings do . |
| 18 | As the fibres of the nets are synthetic they do not break down so this dreadful destruction continues . |
| 19 | That may sound a bit over the top , but do not tune out yet . |
| 20 | Again certain kidney abnormalities arise because cell sheets that form tubes do not connect up correctly . |
| 21 | ‘ I take it so much to heart , ’ he mourned , ‘ that I do not get on better . ’ |
| 22 | As for your complaint that you do not get out enough , I can not see how you can justify it . |
| 23 | He replied that he could not come right away , to which the foreign minister , Ibrahim Yazdi , replied , ; Mr Farhad Sepabhodi , I can not listen to our statements.If you do not come back immediately , very serious action will be taken against you . " |
| 24 | If a black and a white person mate , their children do not come out either black or white : they are intermediate . |
| 25 | Owing to the depth and reverberation of the sound of the bass drum , rhythmical figures , unless very slow , do not come out clearly , but the roll is quite often used and is especially effective pp , when it imparts to the ensemble a ‘ shuddering ’ effect akin to that produced by a 32- or 64-foot organ-pipe . |
| 26 | Sometimes , with the best of intentions , the words do not come out quite right . |
| 27 | These artists clearly stand close to the Pioneers and are attempting to adapt black-figure to the new movement , with some success : crowded compositions , figures overlapping each other or the borders or cut off by them , vigorous drawing with rather slap dash incision ; but the elaborate fore shortenings and musculature are not much attempted and do not come off very well . |
| 28 | Ignore them , but make sure they do not dry out completely . |
| 29 | You can rest assured that you do not dive in just because you have a weak constitution ! |
| 30 | I do not pray down here . |