Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Commons , Sir Thomas Clarges moved that " a standing Army is destructive to the Country " , whilst his fellow Tory , Edward Seymour , declared that " the safety of the Kingdom doth not consist with a standing force " , adding ( in a way which anticipated Tory arguments used after 1689 ) that " all the profit and security of this Nation is in our Ships , and had there been the least ship in the Channel " , Monmouth could never have landed . |
| 2 | That doth not smack of observation ; |
| 3 | Such general concerns do not belong and do not fit into the straitjacket of a system of pressure-group lobbying and organization . |
| 4 | Some people can not spell and do not care about it . |
| 5 | He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash . |
| 6 | The circumstances under which they did so do not appear from the report of the case . |
| 7 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 8 | Secret organisations in competition with other secret organisations require time to grow and do not emerge with countrywide capabilities . |
| 9 | I am sorry to be awkward , but I think you will see that these questions must be answered and if we are going to take extreme positions then we would have to do double the home work that the people do who do n't want to . |
| 10 | I mean if you do n't , think , oh well I 'd I do n't want to be well it 's not the teachers fault cos you do n't get on ! |
| 11 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 12 | So when you break in a house you do n't , you do n't want to be heard you do n't want to be seen . |
| 13 | To punish me because he can see I do n't want to ? |
| 14 | It 's important but I , I would n't I do n't want to er get carried away with the fact that we 're not performing well because we are performing well . |
| 15 | What 's in it for the businesses is this : at the moment they can see Eastern Europe as an emerging market , but it 's very difficult to get in there because the hard cash and the skills that they need do n't exist in those countries , but they want to do something , they want to demonstrate their interest , they want to make contact , and what Enterprise Europe gives them is the opportunity to make a good business contact amongst one the young generation of er of business leaders in those countries er in order , and keep those contacts in order that when they do have an opportunity to go into those markets they 've got some young people there to start off with . |
| 16 | Well no nor do I do n't whiz about |
| 17 | ‘ Is there something you 've seen you do n't care for ? ’ |
| 18 | And when she straightened up and went to take the key from the lock his hand was there before hers , and as he handed the key back to her , he said on a laugh , ‘ I see you do n't intend to be locked in from the outside . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'll see you do n't suffer for this , Ellen . |
| 20 | saying is that , all I 'm is erm why do n't you erm ke do n't think of the money because how valuable is she to you ? |
| 21 | Yeah so do I do n't wan na lose touch with them now . |
| 22 | Allow the non-essentials to slide and do n't worry about them ’ . |
| 23 | No , I did n't think that , you see I do n't worry about that . |
| 24 | horrible types that can eat and eat and do n't put on an ounce |
| 25 | But perhaps when you 're lying down on the floor and tied up by little people you can hardly see and do n't believe in , that 's not the best time to start communicating . |
| 26 | What 's he He do n't need to . |
| 27 | But the Guild 's now you see erm do n't seem to be they 're not , not at all as active , its , its quite honest . |
| 28 | Yeah , I 've got ta do n't wan na be there all day . |
| 29 | Well that 's the best thing , yo you should n't er you do n't have to be aware . |
| 30 | Cutting bricks is another fault of Russ , it 's all commonsense actually if you think about it , I mean actually we 've drove round at night looking at people 's walls and things like that and some were absolutely appalling , they 've obviously paid money to have that done , so you , you , you can see it do n't have to be absolutely perfect |