Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , however , de Gaulle was worried that under the terms of the Treaty of Rome , the EEC was supposed , in January 1966 , to take more of its decisions by majority votes , which could force France to accept policies she did not want . |
| 2 | People expect risks they did not ask for and can not control to be much lower -by 10 or 100 times — than those which they run willingly . |
| 3 | It is the last bastion against all these evils , and will remain so as long as it keeps acquiring books it does not have when they are found and brought to it . |
| 4 | Advertising changes society ; makes people buy things they do not want ; enables multinational capitalistic monopolies to batten on the working classes . |
| 5 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 6 | According to UPI , each time investigators received answers they did not fancy , they pushed the copy button . |
| 7 | Christopher Hart told police he did not stop because he thought he had run over a cardboard box . |
| 8 | For example , when writing letters I do not use Add a frame , the Thesaurus , Create drawing , Charting and I can quite well do without the final two icons on the default palette that concern icons themselves . |
| 9 | Alternatively , if the purchaser buys assets he does not take over any of the vendor 's liabilities ( except employees ) unless expressly agreed . |
| 10 | In handling these problems , the executives use highly honed skills yet create consequences they do not intend . |
| 11 | There was time to start on the parish magazines before the school bus came , a job which had reverted to Peter because he was not good at asking people to do things he did not like doing himself . |
| 12 | The human members of the community are here mainly because out in the commercial world , they had been doing things they did not want to do , using skills they wished they did not have . |
| 13 | It can require us to support legislation we believe would be inappropriate in the perfectly just and fair society and to recognize rights we do not believe people would have there . |
| 14 | Desiring to flaunt his new found riches he did not want to be seen owning the house which lies behind — a rambling hotchpotch of roof lines and gables which evolved over centuries . |
| 15 | Another possibility is to let yourself off doing jobs you do not like as a reward for making good progress . |
| 16 | I work mostly on site in front of the landscape , a practice which presents problems I did not meet in Suffolk . |
| 17 | So bang went any chance he might have had of hearing things he did not know . |
| 18 | It sells businesses it does not think it will be good at , such as those in high-technology , volatile markets . |
| 19 | She had thoughts she did not wish her father to look at . |
| 20 | The Community 's authority would be extended to many areas , like health and education , where it now has no legal remit ; majority voting in the Council of Ministers would be reinforced ; the European Parliament would be given extra power to block laws it does not like ; and a small step might be taken towards a common EC defence policy . |
| 21 | As receiving theatres they do not attract direct Arts Council funding , but they benefit from the Arts Council 's support for touring which enables more distinctive and varied programmes to be mounted . |
| 22 | By next week there will be two rooms ready for occupation but whether I will find takers I do not know or if I will be up to providing the services required . |
| 23 | Birds and beasts have senses we do not have . |
| 24 | As a result , the military have bases they do not require , weapon systems they do not need , to meet threats that do not exist . |
| 25 | I rarely spoke , and when I did ask questions I did not question the answers . |
| 26 | When , for example , a piece of copper wire is wound into a spiral , it acquires properties it did not possess previously . |