Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He took a step towards her , and it was all she could do not to back away . |
2 | He took a step towards her , and it was all she could do not to back away from the menacing look on his face . |
3 | He took a couple of strides towards her , and it was all she could do not to cower away . |
4 | When you have noted the area where the bream cease to roll and do not appear again in the immediate vicinity , the terminal point will be a few yards further along in the direction they were travelling . |
5 | So do n't ex just do n't go straight into that list . |
6 | No you see I do n't think normally people do . |
7 | I can remember , you see I do n't think today 's Guild women would go around with me . |
8 | ‘ I hear the Churches do n't think very well of us . ’ |
9 | But even with her help I do n't concentrate properly in class , I just dream away the time , and then I ca n't answer the teacher 's questions . ’ |
10 | It is but then er there are many schemes that er we have that do n't have as good a rate of return as the the blue route , that is an extremely healthy economic rate of return for the outer northern blue route . |
11 | Enjoy what you can do and do n't get too worried about what you ca n't . |
12 | Well I , I , I have no comment I mean I just do n't underst I , I do n't know enough about it to , even to be |
13 | So And you have to do n't use too much oil and you use the oil on it you know , and then when you get what we call a good body on it , that 's when all the pores is filled up . |
14 | mm , du n no well we 'll see anyway , it depends on you and what you 're doing |
15 | Du n no probably . |
16 | I du n no probably my husband . |
17 | Du n no probably going home and going to sleep . |
18 | I du n no I , I du n no even know if he 's done it yet . |
19 | I du n no yet |
20 | Du n no yet , I really do n't know , erm well I only popped in Sundays , I 've been going to spend the week , er the other half and me ended up in Littlehampton and Arronale for the day . |
21 | Du n no yet . |
22 | Well I du n no yet . |
23 | Du n no yet . |
24 | I du n no still right |
25 | Well I du n no though . |
26 | ‘ I du n no so much , ’ she persisted . |
27 | So she said I du n no so I said is it awkward to talk ? |
28 | They would start in the morning er I would say maybe eight o'clock , I du n no maybe sooner . |
29 | Yeah well I du n no maybe I was gon na say is because what we 'd like you to do in your feedback is actually give you a feedback using the style that you were holding back on . |
30 | I du n no maybe I 'm just cynical . |