Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has never been de rigueur for academics who rise to high places in English departments , and , conversely , students who possess it may not do well in formal examinations . |
| 2 | Ask it to do more than it can and it may not do what it should . |
| 3 | I thought that covered it but , it may not do . |
| 4 | It may not do |
| 5 | Presumably this will make it easier for voters in the Tory heartlands to shop abroad and avoid duty , though it may not do much for the Conservative vote in Kent . |
| 6 | It should n't do really . |
| 7 | Well it should n't do . |
| 8 | Yeah you 're okay , you can go swimming , it should n't do you any harm . |
| 9 | ‘ No , it should n't do . ’ |
| 10 | It should n't do , no . |
| 11 | I do n't see any reason why it , why it should n't do . |
| 12 | And of course , er Chris was astonished when I told him , and he said but why , you know , mum it should n't do that , it should re be retained , you know |
| 13 | No self-respecting working educational body , much as it may desire to retain close and friendly relations with the Board ( of Education ) , Universities , etc. , can go on being hampered in its work by the increasing number of organisations concerned either telling it what to do , what it should not do , or advising it in both these directions … there is a grave danger of our movement ultimately being strangled by our friends . |
| 14 | The fact that the defendant was intoxicated , and his awareness was impaired for this reason will not avail , since the Act expressly provides that it should not do so . |
| 15 | It must n't do that . |
| 16 | ‘ It might not do , ’ Blake volunteered . |
| 17 | The man continued to look at her strangely , and then at last he said , ‘ It 'll not do you any good , love . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 'll not do any good . |
| 19 | Lastly , Medeva had to secure a stream of new products which , as a small company , it could not do through research but had to do by acquisition and development . |
| 20 | All I had was a testimonial from Harold Fletcher of G.C.H.Q. , which was no testimonial in that it gave a potential employer absolutely no enlightenment because it could not do so : |
| 21 | It refused as it knew that it could not do so and survive at home . |
| 22 | In fact it could not do so . |
| 23 | It stated clearly that a flat rate charge could not cope with the scale of local authority expenditure and that it could not do so fairly . |
| 24 | But it could not do without its law students who brought business and fame and brilliance to the town . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ I grabbed the knife and bent it double so it could n't do any more damage . ’ |
| 26 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |
| 27 | It could n't do any harm to put it off until tomorrow . |
| 28 | it was being reorganized and the lady who did it could n't do it any more and would one of us like to take the |
| 29 | Anger is a natural emotion and , provided it is dealt with sensibly , it need not do any permanent harm . |
| 30 | Thus , it may be that the beginning of an orthographic paragraph indicates a point of topic-shift , but it need not do so . |