Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denying it had not stopped it from growing . |
| 2 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 3 | They budgeted for a pay award in line with inflation and while welcoming the ‘ well deserved ’ rise in teachers ' salaries say they can not fund it without cutting school budgets . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the Commission 's disquiet has not prevented it from agreeing the designation . |
| 5 | This does not prevent it from functioning , at the same time , as a vehicle for social or cultural criticism . |
| 6 | But this did not prevent it from acting as an effective agency of government . |
| 7 | Formulations of definitive tests are always dangerous , but it seems to me that , without claiming to expound an exhaustive guide , the following provides a satisfactory working test for whether , in any given case , a covenant touches and concerns the land : ( 1 ) the covenant benefits only the reversioner for the time being , and if separated from the reversion ceases to be of benefit to the covenantee ; ( 2 ) the covenant affects the nature , quality , mode of user or value of the land of the reversioner ; ( 3 ) the covenant is not expressed to be personal ( that is to say neither being given only to a specific reversioner nor in respect of the obligations only of a specific tenant ) ; ( 4 ) the fact that a covenant is to pay a sum of money will not prevent it from touching and concerning the land so long as the three foregoing conditions are satisfied and the covenant is connected with something to be done on , or to in relation to the land . |
| 8 | Indeed , the enormous catalogue — whose evident production problems will not prevent it from becoming an oeuvre de base — is the reverse of chauvinistic , with French scholars distinctly under-represented . |
| 9 | If you can not do it by constructing the notion of pains which are not yours , you can not do it any other way . |
| 10 | I had not seen it before taking a look at the February/March issue . |
| 11 | Language is activity and we will not understand it by trying to put a static model of a complete language-system into the lead of an individual user . |
| 12 | If he gets the benefit for which he stipulated , he ought to honour his promise , and he ought not to avoid it by saying that the mother was herself under a duty to maintain the child . |
| 13 | She had not thought it worth mentioning before as he was not likely to be found . |
| 14 | It emerged that she had suffered from mild diarrhoea and wind for some years , but had not thought it worth bothering the doctor about these minor problems . |
| 15 | Despite the fact that over the years America has been Israel 's guardian , both politically and militarily , and continues to give Israel $3 billion-worth of aid annually , that does not stop it from falling victim to Mossad 's activities . |
| 16 | The foal 's legs still seemed too long for its body and it still was not sure where the four of them were going , but this did not deter it from frisking about . |
| 17 | We can not take it for granted any longer that the division of Germany is sustainable ; in consequence , the whole European security order may be unstable . |
| 18 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 19 | Let us not take it for granted . |
| 20 | The ethnomethodologist does not take it for granted . |
| 21 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 22 | Do not take it for granted that Accounts will be paying up the way you want or that suppliers will stay with you if they do n't get paid on time . |
| 23 | So you can not take it for granted . |
| 24 | For that reason we should take extra care that we do not take it for granted or abuse it . ’ |
| 25 | He can not approach it by superimposing successive and ever more accurate ( more informed ) mental approximations to the real thing ; he can not name it , like an object , without fear of equivocation ; but rather it lies here , in the moment through which he is passing , and the important thing is to see that . |
| 26 | If you have a dog that behaves in this fashion , do not encourage it by making soothing noises , entreating it to calm down . |
| 27 | I see the error — yet I can not correct it without overthrowing all ‘ rules and regulations ’ , which I can not persuade myself to do , even in a work of fiction . |
| 28 | ‘ You burn your mouth — you know you can not manage it without burning your mouth . ’ |
| 29 | And why not serve it to breakfasting passengers on airlines as the top people 's alternative to the cornflake packet . |
| 30 | Davis is not taking it for granted . |