Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 2 | First of all in chapter three and in verse seven , it says therefore , just as the Holy Spirit says , today if you hear his voice do not harden your hearts . |
| 3 | His eyes narrowed on her pale , proud face as she backed away from him , her heart beating so rapidly that it was all she could do not to betray her agitation by raising her hands to calm it . |
| 4 | ‘ They do not visit and do not know their neighbours . |
| 5 | So whatever noises he and his friends make do n't disturb his colleagues , and the ferocious snoring of the Commander does n't penetrate the love-nest . ’ |
| 6 | It depends , some of them bigger Vauxhalls see they do n't hold their money . |
| 7 | Said , pity her manners do n't blink er mannerisms do n't match her looks ! |
| 8 | You know it and so do I. So do n't waste your breath ! |
| 9 | I think it would erm I do n't think their concentration span |
| 10 | If , however , you ca n't get it out immediately , do n't poke and do n't stick your finger blindly down her throat or you risk doing more damage . |
| 11 | See we do n't have our heating on continuously . |
| 12 | ‘ I can see you do n't know your Dickens , sir . |
| 13 | I do n't you see I do n't know my granddaughter . |
| 14 | Gateways do n't do they do n't take their pounds out . |
| 15 | I du n no their names and stuff , but they 're real nice . |
| 16 | And I used to wake up like two feet off my bed , like I du n no my , my body |
| 17 | I du n no my limbs are n't too bad actually . |
| 18 | In common with most bishops in the thirteenth century , especially those with university training , he did not combine his ecclesiastical duties with a high office of state . |
| 19 | On 19 May a copy of AFHQ 's " Distone Order " of 17 May that all " dissident Yugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy was submitted to Gen McCreery who saw it but did not date his initials or order any action . |
| 20 | ‘ Those notes — they did not bear my name . |
| 21 | The minutes were written by the chairman in his own hand ; in Whitbread 's case , this did not enhance their legibility . |
| 22 | I do not think those were happy times in Emerson 's marriage and they certainly did not enhance his general image in the sport . |
| 23 | That was presumably his stage debut , because although his teacher Marjorie Sturman started the Johannesburg Festival Ballet Society about that time , it did not give its first public performance until the following year , when he was already in Cape Town and unable to get away . |
| 24 | Media Vision Technology Inc , making multimedia products in Fremont , California got its initial public offering of 1.75m shares , 1m of them new , away at $26.25 a share ; it did not give its plans for the $25m or so net proceeds . |
| 25 | She did not give their talk her whole attention . |
| 26 | Nine patients did not give their number of sexual partners and one of them did not tell her age at first intercourse . |
| 27 | Before he could be consulted , writs were issued against the banks by the companies and the shareholders in accordance with resolutions purporting to have been passed by each board of directors consisting of members of the Crawley family , but the receivers of each of the companies did not give their consent . |
| 28 | They did not give their reasons , but Fr Morrow said that they had told him they had carefully studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Mr Bland and felt that they could not serve the summons . |
| 29 | When I was finished with her , I would make sure she did not give our hiding place away . |
| 30 | Histon keeper David Norman went off with a back injury but Newmarket did not give his replacement , ex-Newmarket defender Dick Hall , too many problems after the break . |