Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] not [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Let it not bear the traces of work , the traces of time .
2 Let us not forget the experience of the past 10 years , during which time we have had more experience of guillotine motions than in the whole of the previous history of Parliament .
3 But let us not forget the reputation for compassion in which Britain still leads the world … ’
4 And let us not forget the men of Sodom , the original buggers ( in the proper sense of that much used word ) .
5 Let us not have a debate across the Chamber below the Gangway .
6 That might well have been true in the early 1960s but not in the 1990s , so let us not revive a distinction which has thankfully been eliminated .
7 That might well have been true in the early 1960s but not in the 1990s , so let us not revive a distinction which has thankfully been eliminated All kinds of research in education have gone far beyond this narrow form .
8 Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’
9 Did you not talk the back of my mind about change to the report system ?
10 ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’
11 Did you not get the sack ?
12 they have n't , did you not read the article in the er Telegraph ?
13 ‘ Why did you not call the fire brigade ? ’ he asked .
14 Did you not put the tooth paste on it ?
15 Did you not notice the gatehouse ? ’
16 But do you not think the life of the Thirties , the daily life , was much more terrible ?
17 But why do you not tell the authorities , petition the Council ? ’
18 ‘ Not only do you not wear a wedding-ring , but you have the air , the aura of sexual uncertainty which belies a history of nights spent in connubial bliss . ’
19 Do you not know the Zikr ?
20 Do you not know the story of the Persian warrior who was marching to battle ? ’
21 Do you not know the Lord Henry Percy , the prince 's governor ?
22 Do you not know the sort you 're running with ? ’
23 Unless you return to the UK with my business , not only do you not have a job , but the whole future of Grantham and Marsh is on the line . ’
24 Why do you not remember the words of Brillat Savarin : the pot must smile .
25 Not only did she not read the charge but the folding back of the pages would have tended to discourage her from doing so .
26 Why do we not mimic the professionals or their caddies in other areas of the game ?
27 Did they not feel the pressure of hopes raised , of hungry naked children waiting for them to move their pens ?
28 Did they not obey the Signs in the Store ? ’
29 Do they not fill the earth ?
30 Why do they not have the guts to tackle their own Government about cuts in services ?
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