Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Like a dreamer , the Apolline artist is absorbed in contemplation of something outside himself and does not identify with it .
2 For example , he tends to pitch in and sort things out for himself and does not spend enough time on man-management .
3 ‘ Engraved with tongues of flame , ’ said Flaherty , who had thought up this himself and did not want it overlooked .
4 I am willing to forgive people who have upset me and do not bear grudges against them .
5 But they loved me and did not stop writing to me .
6 I was watching a card trick one of the soldiers was showing me and did not look up until the cart had almost passed the window .
7 Janice , who switched to nights this week to cover for a colleague , today told the Echo : ‘ He stood next to me and did not look at all shifty .
8 For that reason the leaves are large but tapered , so the frequent rain falls from them and does not engender fungal growths .
9 Obviously neglects them and does not care about them at all .
10 He was diagnosed anti-depressants by his doctor but failed to take them and did not return for a check up two weeks later .
11 Some are virtuous , i.e. we can live with them and do not have to find some way to stop them .
12 Do not use visual aids for the sake of using them and do not use them as a defence to hide behind if you are nervous .
13 The objections remain that we can not know of them and do not need to postulate them .
14 If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you .
15 Michael , Managing Director at the Brewery has one of them but does not know whether it was Lance Henly 's , but is delighted to learn that it could have been .
16 Flaubert , who visited the island in 1847 , got lost in these deserted , deceptively placid fields , of which he wrote : ‘ One would have said that all those who owned them profited from them but did not like them . ’
17 Hazel stopped in front of them but did not know what to say .
18 If we do not know about something or do not realise what is addressed can be understood in another manner or seen through another lens , it skews our viewpoint ; it limits our options ; it clouds our perspective .
19 The Act is an enabling one and does not affect the existing system unless the leadership of the churches wish to co-operate in a reshaping of the system or of schools in any particular area .
20 Merchant bank Where the transaction is a private one and does not involve the issue of securities it may be possible to proceed without a merchant bank , although , under the FSA , an authorised person will be needed to approve the offer document .
21 In general lay members did not see their role as an enabling one and do not play a particularly active role in hearings .
22 Suppose that this agreement had never been made , and the wife had made no promise to maintain herself and did not do so .
23 Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know .
24 Mr H says the doctor did not speak to him and did not see him without his mother .
25 She ignored him and did not turn again until she reached her car .
26 Israel is surrounded by countries which are very hostile to her and do not accept her existence .
27 She was so shy that she could n't look up when God passed over her , so God missed her and did not paint her blossom .
28 They looked at him but did not answer at once .
29 I looked for him but did not find him .
30 I was introduced to him but did not linger to prolong our acquaintance .
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