Example sentences of "[noun] [unc] [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , ’ said Archie , ‘ only for gawd 's sake do n't say I did . |
| 2 | Although the BMA 's anxieties were not supported by a study carried out by the Department of Health 's Advisory Committee on Medical Manpower Planning and published in 1985 , the association 's policy did not change . |
| 3 | In 1777 Stein 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the escapement . |
| 4 | Somehow Dr Neil 's touch did not seem to affect her as badly as that of most men , even though in the cab home sitting so near to him nearly brought on the kind of faintness which she had felt on the walk home from church . |
| 5 | Save for one mention of a PLO official in Beirut — the spokesman slugging champagne at the diplomatic reception — Yassir Arafat 's organisation did not receive a single reference in the thousands of words I wrote . |
| 6 | Jean 's headmistress did not agree ; nor did Bloomsbury House . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) That , although the court had a discretion to order rectification of the register on the grounds set out in section 82(1) ( a ) to ( h ) of the Land Registration Act 1925 , the section did not contain a general power allowing the court to order rectification of the register in any case in which it thought it just and equitable to do so ; and that , since the defendant no longer alleged fraud and his claim of non est factum had failed , the defendant 's claim did not come within section 82(1) and , therefore , the court had no discretion under the section to order rectification of the register of charges ( post , pp. 683B–C , 685E–F , 688E–F , 689C–D ) . |
| 8 | They do not reach the true fundamentalist , because even if he read them , he would be left quite unmoved because James Barr 's theology does not give a viable and positive alternative to fundamentalism . |
| 9 | Brezhnev 's plan did not preclude regional defence agreements among the Gulf states . |
| 10 | But wherever she works , a woman-centred psychologist 's sex does not guarantee her feminism , any more than it does for an egalitarian feminist psychologist . |
| 11 | ‘ A soldier 's pay does n't go far , ’ said Ramses neutrally . |
| 12 | As we have already noted , the High Priest 's authority did not extend to Syria . |
| 13 | No , films like Rebecca 's Daughter did n't have reviews . |
| 14 | It is clear from this letter that Her Majesty 's Government does not consider that there is at present any effective government in Somalia . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-West ( Mr. Banks ) said that Her Majesty 's Government did not know how to organise local government . |
| 16 | Mr Murdoch 's accounting does not help . |
| 17 | Miss Grimsilk 's face did n't crack , although he did perceive — perhaps — the very faintest of flushes creeping up from her neck . |
| 18 | The suggested practice would also help the holder of the copy of the master bill trace his goods in the event of the NVOCC 's insolvency or disappearance , especially if the NVOCC 's bill does not name the actual vessel . |
| 19 | Surere 's stare did not waver . |
| 20 | That labour 's budget does n't do anything new to meet those challenges . |
| 21 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 22 | Acquavella 's agreement does not cover Freud 's drawings , nor his etchings which will be published by Matthew Marks in New York . |
| 23 | The ball on leaving Hoddle 's boot does n't touch the ground , until of course it 's bouncing in the back of the net . |
| 24 | Renault 's management did n't wait . |
| 25 | Ken 's clan did n't take kindly to that and rounded on the woman , who sought some kind of defence . |
| 26 | You might , of course , approach the problem from the other end , by working for an outfit where the tax-man 's writ does not run . |
| 27 | The ultimate distinction for any performance of this work must be to topple over and drown in its own pretentiousness and Segerstam 's direction does n't possess quite the urgency or the dazzle to achieve that . |
| 28 | The Carmen model also worked well and has retractable bristles , so Linda 's hair did n't get tangled . |
| 29 | As Richard 's reign did not begin until 1377 , this is obviously wrong and the discrepancy is thought to have arisen when the charter was either copied incorrectly or misplaced and written from memory . |
| 30 | Julia Roberts ' beauty did n't stop Pretty Woman becoming a smash at the box office . |