Example sentences of "not [adv] do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they can see how counterproductive it is not only does n't seem to stop them , it makes matters worse . |
| 2 | This conclusion is based on the fact that potent prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors such as indomethacin not only do not improve ulcerative colitis , but also can worsen the disease activity , implying that prostaglandins have some protective or repair ability , or both . |
| 3 | To Arnold the term philistine implied the idea of something stiff-necked and perverse in its resistance to light — ‘ and therein it specially suits our middle class , who not only do not pursue sweetness and light , but who even prefer to them that sort of machinery of business , chapels , tea-meetings and addresses from Mr Murphy , which makes up the dismal and illiberal life on which I have so often touched ’ . |
| 4 | As for the shirts , I not only do nt think there s anything wrong with wearing football shirts … in many cases its a bloody great help . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This had been doubly hurtful , for it meant that she not only did not want to work for and look after him but preferred his lifestyle to her own , and by implication ( for she was a lazy woman ) that meant that she considered what he did not to be work at all , merely a pleasurable means of making a great deal of money . |
| 7 | In time , however , these ideas developed into a much more general critique , in which objects not only did not signify use value but were found not to signify anything outside of themselves . |
| 8 | The daughter of that cruel Damophilus " had done all she could to comfort the slaves who were beaten by her parents " : so the slaves not only did not touch her but escorted her " to the home of certain kinsmen in Catana " ( 34.39 ) . |
| 9 | But Rolle not only did not have a spiritual director , he had absolutely no intention of getting one . |
| 10 | It will be seen , however , that although the Rules required that if the notice related to and was prejudicial to a person other than a member , a copy of the notice must be served upon him , such a person not only did not have any prior opportunity of making representations why the notice should not be issued , but was not given , under the Rules , the right to apply to set it aside , nor any right to appeal against the notice . |
| 11 | Then a bit later , but not well do n't do it when we are gon na go to sleep because cos we end ups tal talking about who 's dad 's got the biggest plonker ! |