Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenna looked up , but she dared not look further than the hard chest , the white shirt still showing signs of damp . |
| 2 | The college authorities did not aim solely or mainly for brilliant scholars or outstanding athletes , but to develop and train those who were capable of a good pass or honours degree . |
| 3 | The rocks missed him , yet Jack did not give up and set alight the forest . |
| 4 | Hindley did not care what they did , as long as they kept out of his way , and they did not care even if he punished them . |
| 5 | And the stewards did not perform only when Carolan was speaking . |
| 6 | But it was safer if Nona did not go on and dig this out of him . |
| 7 | The mining did not go ahead and Burnett and Hallamshire sold their interests in the area to BP Coal . |
| 8 | A similar scheme was given outline planning permission in 1989 but the applicants did not go ahead and let the planning permission lapse . |
| 9 | I should mention that if for any reason we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 10 | I should mention that if , for any reason , we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 11 | I should mention that if , for any reason , we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 12 | The problem , however , did not go away and in January , 1897 ‘ A revision of the Church Roll was then made and the following name was erased for absence from Communion [:] Miss R — . ’ |
| 13 | The malaise that had troubled him did not go away until , one day , when he was using the chamber-pot upstairs , he noticed an angry sore on his penis . |
| 14 | When , a little later on , as she was sitting beside the now sleeping child , she heard Liza come into the house , Harriet did not go downstairs but waited until her daughter stood in the doorway of the bedroom , wild-eyed and trembling . |
| 15 | Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think . |
| 16 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 17 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |
| 18 | At a meeting in the Ulster Hall , he insisted that if the RUC did not go in and remove the offensive flag , then he would do it himself . |
| 19 | The insurance company did not pay out because he had failed to mention when renewing his policy that he had been seriously ill . |
| 20 | They did not realise then that Rioja had stayed to face the killers . |
| 21 | He did not do so but remained on the southern taxiway , embarked his passengers with the engine running and then executed a wide left turn through 180° to face west back down the taxiway . |
| 22 | Franco not only did not do so but , on the following day , requested Sperrle to send any spare aircraft he might have to the Madrid front . |
| 23 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) . |
| 24 | He did not do so and the fire spread and damaged the plaintiff 's property . |
| 25 | The Government was tempted to seek alternative partners in the Commonwealth and Europe , but did not do so because the Americans had so much more to offer if the MacMahon restrictions could be circumvented or ameliorated . |
| 26 | They did not talk much till they reached Drobeta-Turnu Severin , where the Danube had once passed spectacularly through the Iron Gates . |
| 27 | We did not think therefore that there was any merit in this ground of appeal . |
| 28 | By hybridizing different varieties of peas , Mendel had shown that some characters are inherited as units on an ‘ all or nothing ’ basis — they did not blend together as Darwin and almost everyone else assumed . |
| 29 | I liked the bit about grandchildren , a pious hope that the Shallot line did not end there and then ! ) |
| 30 | Mr Straw said this involved ‘ veiled threats if they did not cough up and clear promises of honours if they did ’ . |