Example sentences of "[be] [coord] not [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | You must realize , my lord , how important they are and not hinder them in their beautiful lives . " |
2 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
3 | Stupid they may be but not lacking in guile . |
4 | ‘ We have no doubt that intensification of use can be a material change of use , whether it is or not depends upon the degree of intensification . |
5 | All this did , of course , cost money , but if you 've had even a comparatively small amount of that and then lost it , you do tend to realize how transient the whole thing is and not worry so much about getting it back again . |
6 | ‘ Go tell Sir John to stay where he is and not to drink too much . |