Example sentences of "not [vb infin] it [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they did not make it they were excluded from the event . |
| 2 | Ferguson admitted : ‘ If Phelan does not make it I will be in a bit of trouble because I need as many experienced men out there as I can muster . ’ |
| 3 | Although the creature walked upright , the combination of specialised chewing behaviour and a small brain does not make it our direct ancestor . |
| 4 | If Sandie does not want it she will still get redundancy pay . |
| 5 | President Clinton 's plans to bolster US industry — particularly the high tech sector , begin to look disturbingly corporatist , and the chief executive of the Baby Bells ' Bell Communications Research , George Heilmeier , seems to feel the same way : he told Reuter that the government should certainly spur industry to construct a national information highway but it should not build it itself : ‘ I do n't think the public sector should operate or control networks that are commercial , ’ he said , ‘ I am not in favour of the government building the national information infrastructure . ’ |
| 6 | But in the best English tradition he did not consider it his business to equip his deficient students with tools they had not got . |
| 7 | At 23 , Graham , from Leytonstone , east London , had just started in cricket and did not consider it his job . |
| 8 | Mr. Pantry informed Mr. Small , for the defence , of the discrepancy between the 12 January statement and Matadial 's evidence about the telephone call after the shooting , but did not consider it his duty to show him the statement . |
| 9 | The RICS check each lease to make sure there is a power of appointment ; other than that , the president did not consider it his function to determine any legal questions which might arise in the course of a rent review . |
| 10 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 11 | She was cheated out of last night , and though she does not know it she is going to lose tomorrow night too . |
| 12 | Even if the Gallery does not buy it I do not wish to have anything more to do with it . |
| 13 | ‘ Why not do it yourself ? ’ |
| 14 | You must not do it yourself ? |
| 15 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |
| 16 | A man would not do it I have noticed . |
| 17 | Essentially they should not do it it unless absolutely necessary . |
| 18 | ‘ They want no part of it and do not give it their support . |
| 19 | Media presentation has now become such a critical feature of the process of negotiations and public image-making that those who do not give it its due credit are likely to find their credibility in question . |
| 20 | The Government should consider setting up a scheme to provide top-up money when residents ' families can not provide it themselves . |
| 21 | This was the line he took in his propaganda , but this does not necessarily mean that he did not believe it himself . |
| 22 | This was the line he took in his propaganda , but this does not necessarily mean that he did not believe it himself . |
| 23 | Fighting back the tears Joanne , 24 , of Dolydd , The Meadows , explained yesterday : ‘ I can not believe it everything has gone wrong . ’ |
| 24 | It was so complicated , he did not understand it himself . |
| 25 | It is upsetting for fans to learn that the creators of one of their favourite records do not like it themselves . |
| 26 | And since he could not sign it he would use a seal . |
| 27 | Children may not realise it themselves , but that is the real reason why Matilda is so popular among them . |
| 28 | The one beside him had accused him of ‘ grassing ’ and told him if he did not admit it he would have his face ripped open . |
| 29 | If I could not get it I became irritable . ’ |
| 30 | Widows ' pension is normally paid automatically once you have sent off your completed form BW1 , so if for any reason you do not receive it you should enquire at your local Social Security office . |