Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] and do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , oddly , snow can be quite comforting on long , steep slopes , especially if the slope widens at the base and does n't culminate in a 100-foot drop over cliffs . |
| 2 | If despite your gloomy forebodings your client nevertheless instructs you to proceed , confirm your advice and his instructions by letter , and advise your client 's mortgagees , if you act for them , or if not , advise their solicitors of the provision and do n't agree the draft until you know that the term is acceptable to them , too . |
| 3 | ‘ Take the money and do n't think about it . |
| 4 | Her work entailed taking orders and payments for hampers , but when she was asked to supply hampers to one customer she kept the money and did not deliver the hampers . |
| 5 | Calluses grow on the ball of the foot and do not have a nucleus . |
| 6 | Nicholson recognized later that Mud had given him his head ; he appreciated the responsibility and did not do anything too foolish ; irresponsibility came later when he was well outside of any parental influence . |
| 7 | Hardy was a hot favourite before the fight and did not let a sell-out crowd down by producing the expected victory . |
| 8 | Never remove any clothes that have stuck to the skin and do not give the child anything to drink in case he or she has to go to the operating theatre . |
| 9 | Motorola , Mace says , is still cleaning up the part and does n't want to announce pricing or general availability until later in the year . |
| 10 | Cholera toxin is the enterotoxin of Vibrio cholerae and while causing secretion does not impair glucose dependent sodium absorption in the intestine and does not alter mucosal histology . |
| 11 | The message about using visual aids is to use what is appropriate to the talk and do not let the technique dominate the context . |
| 12 | You just plonk your arse down in front of the telly and do n't realize . |
| 13 | The rising generation of students were more optimistic about the future and did not carry the emotional burdens of the Cultural Revolution . |
| 14 | Be warned ; legal cases do not always go the householder 's way , so put away the shotgun and do not get angry when people drop litter on your front lawn . |
| 15 | It unfolded from a slim oblong into a sheet-sized square that flapped and fought in the wind and did n't bear much resemblance to what she 'd seen of the City so far . |
| 16 | He shouted something at Endill but he could n't hear because of the wind and did n't dare move or shout back , frightened he would upset the basket . |
| 17 | Patients receiving sulphasalazine at study entry ( cyclosporin group 75% , placebo group 90% ) continued to take the drug throughout the study and did not reduce the dose . |
| 18 | What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying . |
| 19 | Patsy 's brother Dennis also played for the club and did not appreciate the secretary 's habitual greeting : ‘ with me bleedin ’ ribs pokin ’ out of me skin , breakin ’ me neck to get at that six and eight ’ ( the initial sum dispensed by the Secretary ) , Dennis Hendren had not wintered well ’ and did not believe Middlesex looked after its players out of season . |
| 20 | In practice the court carries out the search and does not charge a fee for this . |
| 21 | Every day when Dad came home from work he went into the bedroom and did n't come out . |
| 22 | The room would be like Aladdin 's cave to such a girl as Joanna — fine clothes , the glint of plate , the stack of linen , the magnificent dressing-case , the several pairs of boots , the hats , the books , fobs , silks , glow of guineas on the writing table ; he went to the window and did not turn around when she entered . |
| 23 | In the case of a drug overdose , talk quietly , keep noise and light levels low and if a fit starts , do n't try to stop it , do n't try to move the youngster and do n't put anything between her teeth . |
| 24 | This offers the maximum amount of disc edge to the work and does not overload the motor . |
| 25 | Ex-registered dockers are a particularly useful force of labour as they know the work and do not require training or close supervision — and they are only paid when work is available . |
| 26 | In January 1931 he left the Shadow Cabinet on the issue and did not return to communion with the official Conservative leadership until after the outbreak of war in 1939 . |
| 27 | In recent years the situation has become confused , because there are now exterior wood stains available , which differ from a true dye or stain , as they leave a coloured film on the surface of the wood and do not require another finish to be applied over them . |
| 28 | Keep the receipt and DO N'T OPEN THE PARCEL . |
| 29 | It 's the around it would it would pay you so what you were saying do six in the Autumn and six in the Winter and do n't do anything else . |
| 30 | As the philosopher Gillian Rose has pointed out , " recognising our transformative or productive activity has a special claim as a mode of acknowledging actuality which transcends the dichotomies between theoretical and practical reason … transformative activity acknowledges actuality in the act and does not oppose act to non-act " . |