Example sentences of "[adj] do [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a quadraplegic , confined to a wheelchair , but this did n't stop him travelling all over the world . |
| 2 | Then Dad shot home the bolt , though this did n't stop us opening the window to see the end of the rumpus . |
| 3 | This did not prevent him paying for the installation of a swimming pool to amuse his children who roamed around their new domain during the holidays . |
| 4 | This did not prevent him joining the revolt of Henry , third Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , against the corrupt government of Queen Isabella [ q.v. ] and Roger Mortimer , first Earl of March [ q.v. ] , in 1328 . |
| 5 | This did not prevent him falling off his chair and being sick on the Japanese premier at a state dinner in Japan earlier this year , an embarrassing incident captured by the TV cameras . |
| 6 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 7 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 8 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 9 | Innocent III spent some months outside Rome , but this did not stop him doing justice . |
| 10 | However this did not stop us making lists of those quality ‘ prigs ’ we would have liked to eliminate . |
| 11 | Answering , she matched my silly spite with careful , sensible remarks ; politics , she said , was the art of the possible and a good man , once in power , might find himself forced to do some things not quite in accord with his principles , but this did not mean he had forgotten them , nor that he would not act upon them the moment he practically could . |
| 12 | This did not mean he did not know . |
| 13 | Even when Bevin as British foreign secretary speedily found himself entangled in tough disputes with the USSR , this did not lead him to follow Churchill 's line that Britain had of necessity to work as closely as possible with the United States . |
| 14 | This did not lead him to question the principle of majority decisions ; but it did lead him to pay attention to the social , cultural and economic conditions in which the will of all , or the will of the majority , would be more rather than less likely to coincide with " the general will " , by which Rousseau meant what all of us would will if we thought of ourselves not as private individuals but as citizens identifying ourselves with the good of the community . |
| 15 | Naturally they saw less of each other , and Robyn was aware that this did not cause her to repine as much as perhaps it should have done . |
| 16 | It seems to me that the trade unions are welcomed with open arms whenever money is needed and yet some do n't want us to participate . |
| 17 | part some did n't trust him did they ? |
| 18 | I agree with Mr. Sedley , for Messrs. Doody and Pierson , that the decision of this court in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 does not bind us to conclude that the Secretary of State is not obliged to give reasons in this respect . |
| 19 | Though typically economists look at the way in which human beings create and distribute goods and services , often with an eye on issues to do with efficiency according to some rational criteria , this does not prevent them using economic theories to examine , for example , educational provision , the supply of blood donors , voting choice , to name but a few . |
| 20 | But this does not make her feel less irritated . |
| 21 | This does not mean we have to put ourselves down all the time : this would just be false humility , which is another subtle form of pride . |
| 22 | But this does not mean they caused them to appear . |
| 23 | But this does not mean they do not win ; as I can testify , they do . |
| 24 | ’ This does not mean they have to argue that their belief will never be given up . |
| 25 | Well , to clarify , I have a season ticket for Ibrox and I also ‘ support ’ leeds united , but since I see Rangers play every week , I would probably class them as my number one team — this does not mean I do nt like Leeds — its all a matter of prioritising the teams . |
| 26 | But — hoo-ha ! — this does not mean I have to stay in one particular mirror . |
| 27 | This does not stop us using the olfactory or tactile channels but we are restricted by social norms in how we use them . |
| 28 | He notes that ‘ men are hardly to be brought to think that sweetness and whiteness are not really in manna ’ , but this does not lead him to question his declared view that sweetness and whiteness are on a par with the ‘ ideas of sickness and pain' , ideas which ‘ are not in the manna , but effects of its operations on us , and are nowhere when we feel them not ’ . |
| 29 | Pains are not subject to our will , we do not choose to feel them , but this does not lead us to say that they have an existence independent of our experience of them . |
| 30 | Shareholders are requested to complete and return the proxy card , but this does not preclude them coming to the meeting and voting in person . |