Example sentences of "you do not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if ye do not have self-control , let ye marry , for it is better to marry than to burn . ’ ’ |
| 2 | Can I assume as you did not reply to Pat Gaudin 's memo of 28 June 1993 that you want the Infosheet on Services to People with Mental Health Problems withdrawn from the Infopack ? |
| 3 | ‘ But you did not eat earlier , ’ she said kindly . |
| 4 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 5 | It 's very obvious that the two of you did not pass the time playing tic tac toe . ’ |
| 6 | You are a foreigner with no settled establishment , you did not pay your hotel bill at Sècheron , and you have a horseless cabriolet that smacks of strange powers ! ’ |
| 7 | People say to me , ’ You did not pay the poll tax and could afford to pay it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I grew anxious when you did not appear , but you had good reason , and I 'm glad of your foresight in this matter . ’ |
| 9 | I must draw to your attention that during a recent survey it was noted that you did not appear to be complying fully with the statutory requirements in that you did not show legibly the price of some goods displayed for sale , namely at your premises . |
| 10 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 12 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 13 | They then , after a bit ( the boy had disappeared , the sewer gurgled empty ) moved to the end wall over the river : you did not want to miss , not now , that small boy , he had been carried out , floating face-up , his opened eyes to the burning sun in the tar of the hard still river . |
| 14 | ‘ Yet you did not want a child in this marriage ? ’ |
| 15 | Possibly this made you uneasy , or possibly , with the storm blowing up , you did not want to take your boat across to the mainland again , so you decided to let things alone , and not risk taking any stolen goods on board . |
| 16 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 17 | If you did not burn chemicals like PCBs , what else would you do with them ? |
| 18 | We rode him in a rubber snaffle with a cavesson noseband and provided you did not pull at him , he was as light as a feather . |
| 19 | We rode him in a rubber snaffle with a cavesson noseband and provided you did not pull at him , he was as light as a feather . ’ |
| 20 | The interesting finding of the study , which you did not mention , was that there were differences in pre-buyout performance between companies that successfully underwent LBOs and those that failed . |
| 21 | ‘ In the interests of security I think it would be better if you did not mention this night 's events to anyone . |
| 22 | I would talk about it to your mum , though of course it would be kinder if you did not mention the business about fancy girlfriends . ’ |
| 23 | I am concerned that you did not mention occupational therapists in your project . |
| 24 | Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’ |
| 25 | You did not falter there . |
| 26 | John 's grandmother , Betty Hind , lived there and she was quite famous in the dale as someone you did not trifle with . |
| 27 | You did not talk straight with me , out on the balcony . ’ |
| 28 | Imagination and nerves just when you did not expect it . |
| 29 | ‘ Alas that you did not marry Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Joan . |
| 30 | ‘ You did not telephone and you did not arrive . |