Example sentences of "not do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not do everything at the same time . |
| 2 | He can not and does not do everything . |
| 3 | If you can not do everything at once , or want to start making staged improvements , either concentrate on your first priorities ( leaving space for the next stages ) or your worst problems-depending on whether you are planning a first-time kitchen or updating an existing one . |
| 4 | We can not do everything in a very limited time , so we must select what is essential on the fairest and most comprehensive basis possible : that is , what we think may help pupils to cope with , and make decisions about , things which happen to them — at any age and at any level ; and also what will encourage responsibility concerning the effects they themselves have on others . |
| 5 | Government can not and should not do everything . |
| 6 | When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie . |
| 7 | For example , a horse that will not do something we may call ‘ stubborn ’ or ‘ pig-headed ’ , when in fact it does not know what we want . |
| 8 | Future generations of composers will damn our spinelessness if we do not do something about this proposal , and they will be right . |
| 9 | We are , therefore , anxious that he should not be thrown away in some other role and I hope that any plan he has made will be carefully examined so as to ensure that as far as possible he does not do something foolhardy . |
| 10 | How many times have you told yourself you could not do something but when you ultimately faced up and had a go , to your amazement you succeeded . |
| 11 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |
| 12 | ‘ Threat ’ when used in this connection means ‘ an intimation by one to another that unless the latter does or does not do something the former will do something which the latter will not like . ’ |
| 13 | But … if , as they say , this is all in the mind , ie it is all down to your guilty conscience — excuse the expression — why not do something about it ? |
| 14 | But why does he not do something ? |
| 15 | Why not do something ? |
| 16 | Why not do something daring and take the Local Government Chronicle ? |
| 17 | Can we not do something |
| 18 | I would not do something if I was not 100pc comfortable in what I was doing . ’ |
| 19 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put may of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 20 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put many of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 21 | If he is there , if there is a God , can he not do something ? |
| 22 | ‘ Can not do what ? ’ she said brightly , returning with the tray . |
| 23 | We can not do what we want because guilt convinces us that those around us will be hurt , so we temper our lives and our actions to avoid that mythical hurt . |
| 24 | So , in order to avoid what we believe is hurting others , we end up hurting ourselves , with the final result that because we can not do what we want , we grow bitter and resentful . |
| 25 | If someone has promised that he will prevent the promisee suffering any loss , and he does cause that no such loss arises from that matter , he does what he promised ; but if he does not , because he does not do what he promised , he is condemned in a sum of money , as happens in all obligations for performance . |
| 26 | Ask it to do more than it can and it may not do what it should . |
| 27 | If the ‘ qualified driver ’ does not do what can be reasonably expected of him regarding these duties the learner could be said to be not under supervision . |
| 28 | Until Wednesday , the worst manifestation of that was warning young Members that they would not get promoted if they did not do what they were told . |
| 29 | And she did not do what hedgehogs usually do when they find themselves in a bit of trouble : curl up in a tight , prickly ball . |
| 30 | In such cases someone who says ‘ I know ’ lays himself open to reproach if what he says turns out to be false in much the same way as someone who says ‘ I promise ’ lays himself open to reproach if he does not do what he promised to do . |