Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Still , the blouse and skirt do n't look too bad , d' you think ? ’
2 ‘ You should have shut the stable door so the damn horse do n't bolt . ’
3 Dalglish 's mutli-million pound crusade for a Premier League place could come off the rails if his side do not win .
4 According to Lord Hunt , ‘ decisions on the technical side do n't affect the services on screen ’ .
5 ‘ But as long as our side do n't start it , then it 's all right with me . ’
6 At Friends of the Earth , Jonathan Porritt similarly fought a long and largely successful battle to demonstrate that efficiency and negotiation with the opposition do n't have to mean sell-out .
7 If the Opposition do not cost their proposals , we do .
8 The hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde is clear about the answer , but the rest of the Opposition do not agree with him .
9 The Opposition do not say where they stand , can not say where they stand and can not admit to the jobs that would be lost if their policy were carried out .
10 The Opposition do not understand that we have to provide for the full life of the Trident system — for 30 years .
11 We all welcome his precision in noting the fact that the Opposition do not have a proper policy .
12 As the play goes on , we notice that when Tamburlaine is confronted by war , he first offers words as a way of warning and deterrent , and then is the opposition do not listen , he follows this up with swift and bloody actions .
13 The reason why the Opposition do not like Question Time and try to drown my right hon. Friend out is that they know that we are right in everything that we say and that the country will not support them on their policies .
14 The Opposition do not like to draw attention to that , but the Government are very proud of having created so many new owner-occupiers .
15 Many grounds of public law illegality do not rule out the making of the same decision again .
16 Mum it 's pussy cat , pussy cat have some pie for , where mummy do n't give them some pie and pussy cat , pussy cat up in London , there 's two about pussy cats
17 Er mummy do n't want that I 've had enough
18 Yeah , he was saying all the way back , please mummy do n't hit me
19 Taking the fatty bits off darling , mummy do n't like the fatty bits either
20 In brief , the actual Westminster model is that of authoritarian single-party governments in a House of Commons dominated by the Prime Minister and composed largely of disciplined parties with most votes in the House of Commons being highly predictable ; every three or four years there is a general election held under a crude simple majority electoral system with minimal participation by the electorate in the choice of who shall be their candidate , though they do have the choice between the candidates who are selected by the party activists ; between 20% , and 30% of the electorate do not vote at all .
21 Finally , Hank Marvin 's perennially silvery twang and amiable spectacles return once more with ‘ Into The Light ’ , an album featuring covers ranging from Sylvia by Focus to Steely Dan 's Rikki Do n't Lose That Number .
22 ‘ The occupational Therapy department do n't understand what art is about at all .
23 Thus it is arguable that the traditions of the Comptroller 's Department do not fit the task of examining commercial accounts .
24 I know my colleagues in the creative department do not agree .
25 In fact , the uncertain times of Terris ' appearances have had such an effect on workmen that the Maintenance Department do not allow their staff to work in the station through the night in case the ghost interferes with their potentially dangerous work .
26 It is essential that the members of a history department do not see the introduction of National Curriculum history as their entire curriculum .
27 They are not always on the best of terms with the carters with whom they have to deal , and threats of actual violence do not tend to the increase of business .
28 Crimes of violence do not negate law , they merely require its better enforcement .
29 We ought to start speaking in Spanish so the people who read this dictionary do n't understand it
30 We are never engaged in their lives ; we do not believe in them , and as a result do not care about them .
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