Example sentences of "[conj] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 2 | Erm , really its a question of , do we borrow or do n't we borrow . |
| 3 | Do you want to stay or do n't you ? |
| 4 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 5 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 6 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 7 | Although warning signs shout at you not to cross these fragile constructions , as you 're bound to fall off and die and do n't say they did n't tell you so , you 'd have to be a boring old git not to want to do a balancing act over them for thrills . |
| 8 | Enjoy what you can do and do n't get too worried about what you ca n't . |
| 9 | ‘ See he 's able to breathe and do n't move him , ’ I said , to no-one in particular pulling off my hat before half-diving , half-crawling , into the upturned car . |
| 10 | Do n't move and do n't be surprised to see me . |
| 11 | Allow the non-essentials to slide and do n't worry about them ’ . |
| 12 | But perhaps when you 're lying down on the floor and tied up by little people you can hardly see and do n't believe in , that 's not the best time to start communicating . |
| 13 | ‘ But , then , why not steal stuff you can eat and do n't steal the stuff you ca n't and do n't bother with the dogs ? ’ |
| 14 | Tell your reader what questions you are going to answer and do n't make promises you ca n't keep ( see pp. 92 – 4 ) . |
| 15 | Do n't turn up and do n't call . |
| 16 | I do n't drink and do n't go out much so I manage on the money . |
| 17 | We will go elsewhere and do n't suppose we will be the only J F Richardson , . |
| 18 | If , however , you ca n't get it out immediately , do n't poke and do n't stick your finger blindly down her throat or you risk doing more damage . |
| 19 | horrible types that can eat and eat and do n't put on an ounce |
| 20 | I 'm gon na lose my voice , I think I wan na be ill actually so I can go home and do n't , do n't come back . |
| 21 | Local Dyslexia Associations are also full of information , and there are by now quite a lot of books which have been published which are — both for parents and teachers — which are veyr easy to follow and do n't necessarily involve one in many evenings and weekends of cudgelling the brain . |
| 22 | There are a lot of ways that er both the Councillors can get into the habit and recycling is quite habit forming of recycling and from that er home use of recycling they will learn that there is a lot of products they can use in their councils ; recycled plastic makes very good er roadside signs that do n't rust and do n't need painting . |
| 23 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 24 | This is not to suggest that life in a large mental handicap hospital is a fulfilling experience ; on the contrary , it has already been established that such places should not ideally exist and do not represent a suitable home for mentally handicapped people . |
| 25 | When you have noted the area where the bream cease to roll and do not appear again in the immediate vicinity , the terminal point will be a few yards further along in the direction they were travelling . |
| 26 | The database packages themselves , available on 5.25 or 3.5 inch disks , are simple to use and do not require staff training . |
| 27 | Secret organisations in competition with other secret organisations require time to grow and do not emerge with countrywide capabilities . |
| 28 | ‘ They do not visit and do not know their neighbours . |
| 29 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |
| 30 | Such general concerns do not belong and do not fit into the straitjacket of a system of pressure-group lobbying and organization . |