Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] do [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 Allow a maximum of 30 minutes per question ( if it is a 6-in-3-hours paper ) , using your stop watch so that you do not need to remember the time you started .
2 There is quite an art in scattering the pennies so that they do not hurt the children .
3 We have been spinning coins together since I do n't know when , and in all that time ( if it is all that time ) I do n't suppose either of us was more than a couple of gold pieces up or down .
4 Digestion of the starch into its component glucose units takes place at the luminal surface of the gut epithelial cells , but these glucose units are immediately absorbed by the sodium ion/glucose cotransporter so that they do not contribute to the osmotic activity in the gut lumen .
5 Nowadays , the machines chew up the hedge trimmings so that they do n't require burning ; you just plough them in .
6 At this stage , we have an opportunity to ensure that the legislation will allow their voices to be heard through formal channels so that they do not have to resort to the usual practice of writing to the appropriate organisations .
7 Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman .
8 ‘ I have many options , but I do n't want to transport the club elsewhere and I do n't want to merge . ’
9 Well my wife and I have only been here , living here ooh just over twelve months now so we do n't really know the
10 Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere .
11 So I do n't think I 've ever I 've had it for about eight months now and I do n't think I 've yet listened to all five in a row without changing it .
12 Sandra : Wanny told me that months ago and I do n't believe it any more than he does .
13 He added fuel to the theory last night by saying : ‘ We have the talent here but we do n't have the consistency .
14 ring me today and say that 's got diarrhoea , he 'll keep the car today but he do n't want it tomorrow can you find someone else who wants it .
15 They offer the boats for corporate sailing , entertaining and regattas , and you can join their sailing club even if you do n't have a boat .
16 What they are writing about in reality are the ideal standards of their own social group , those that give meaning to their work practice even if they do not always live up to them .
17 He got kicked in the head by his own player Mike Whitlow there but I do n't think he 'll mind because er it all contributed to the goal .
18 And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back .
19 Unlike some holiday companies , we do n't believe in always charging you more money just because you do n't fill up an apartment .
20 To compare Raskolnikov 's haymarket with Kim 's bazaar is to see that Kipling has done all the work so that you do n't have to go there to know what it 's like at the level of vivid and varied description , whereas Dostoevsky leaves his reader with an impression which hovers between smell and vapour and dream .
21 To keep the example simple , assume that there is no depreciation so that we do not need to worry about replacement investment .
22 erm the roads are really not , not made to cope and so we have to try to get people coming in from different areas and different directions so that we do n't get everybody on one road and nobody on another .
23 We discussed preparation of the lines in Chapter Three , so all we want to emphasise now is that you remember to take a stake ( preferably fitted with a brightly coloured flag so that you do not lose it , or tread on it ) and that the line ends have swivel connections of adequate strength .
24 How much will he spend to bail out the first-wave trusts so that they do not end the first financial year in deficit ?
25 It is important to remember that you still need to have safer sex and to avoid sharing injecting equipment so that you do n't get infected in the future .
26 And if it were possible for you to decide that one of these options , one to eight , were to suit your regular and usual purposes at these meetings for general discussion then that obviously would be both a saving in erm time and labour and is one of the reasons why one installs computerized equipment so that you do n't er then have to do it all manually as well .
27 A safety net is something which you hope that you will never have to use , and you endeavour to arrange matters so that you do not need it , but if necessary it will catch you .
28 ‘ Most men think Cleo is a boy just because I do n't dress her in pink frocks . ’
29 Do n't break that appointment , it 's to your benefit anyway that you do n't .
30 Seaview is a very friendly place — friends and relatives are encouraged to drop in at any time , and residents feel they can talk to visitors even if they do n't know them .
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