Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 2 | It is a rule that they do not appear on TV or talk to the Press . |
| 3 | If such extra-curricula activities were well organised , they could be useful and educational , but they should not detract from study or emphasise the ‘ get rich quick ’ ideology . |
| 4 | For instance , a manufacturer of an exclusive and expensive perfume would not distribute through supermarkets or advertise during peak time television viewing . |
| 5 | This was approached from two angles : first , what was known as the ‘ battle for the fourth grade ’ , an acknowledgement that substantial numbers of children either did not go to school or did not stay long enough to consolidate literacy . |
| 6 | In the meantime , the vast majority of Indian children either do not go to school or do not reach the end of primary school . |
| 7 | Exterior wood stains , which can be solvent or water based , tend to mask the grain of the wood , but have good resistance to ultra-violet light and do not fail by peeling or flaking . |
| 8 | The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties . |
| 9 | We need not worry about families or superfamilies in this book , but classes often correspond to everyday groups of animals . |
| 10 | He says they should n't walk to school or go home on their own . |
| 11 | I mean , I can swim or cycle , but I ca n't go to aerobics or do those kind of things , because I 'd feel too self-conscious . |
| 12 | Then , on a long haul , it would n't go up hill or overtake on the flat . |
| 13 | I did n't listen to music or watch television . |