Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract . |
2 | But Teesside Crown Court was told both brothers changed their minds and tried to persuade McEvoy not to go through with the burglary . |
3 | Their parents spent three years contemplating whether or not to go through with the separation , which was at first thought impossible because of the degree to which the girls were joined . |
4 | I did not like the prospect of playing in front of all these people who were all older than me and would see my violin playing from a critical view , but I had come this far , and it would be stupid not to go through with the audition . |
5 | ‘ I said you were crazy not to go along with the Corporation 's proposals , did n't I ? |
6 | Time to Declare by David Owen ( Penguin , £7.99 ) — Had he not fallen out with the Alliance , this passionate rebel male might well have been a key figure in this the general election . |
7 | American unionism has had the inestimable advantage of being born in a land whose social landscape was not cluttered up with the debris of a feudal age . |
8 | One can speculate that if Mezey had not come up with the idea of dispensing with two hospitals , and of the remaining four being given a quadrant of the region to serve each , the idea that it was an RHA rather than local management responsibility to deal with the issue , might never have stuck in the minds of senior regional officers . |
9 | and what you 've got to be very careful , cos you ca n't offer them and not come up with the goods |
10 | For I could tell that he was a little rusty , and I wondered if sometimes this affable and agreeable companion was worried because he knew that he was not keeping up with the strides that modern medicine was taking . |
11 | Salaries were not keeping up with the rate of inflation , which in the cities was estimated to be running at 20 per cent . |
12 | The hospital management team for Claybury rejected the idea of the quadrant hospital concept , since this could not tie in with the principle of community care . |
13 | The Committee took the view that lawyers are unapproachable because of the inaccessibility of premises and their unwelcoming nature , because the methods of work do not tie in with the needs of clients , and because of a lack of response to the needs of linguistic minorities . |
14 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
15 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
16 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
17 | One reason for the low conviction rate was that a large number of cases were dismissed without trial , sometimes because the complainant did not follow through with the prosecution . |
18 | It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things . |
19 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
20 | Marthus said that food production can not keep up with the population increase |
21 | Why not keep in with the people who really run racing , the villains ? |
22 | If it is true , I repeat that it does not square up with the Government 's protestations about their concern for safety . |
23 | Often the buyer will exercise both remedies at once , i.e. will reject the goods and will also indicate that he is not going on with the contract , e.g. by demanding his money back . |
24 | Eventually , either Mr Smith or Mr Jones had remarked : ‘ Are we not going on with the journey ? ’ |
25 | I 'm not going on with the lecture if they 're going to play their childish little games in here . ’ |
26 | I was emotionally devastated , but I was not going back with the intention of finding a man to take care of me , to pay my bills , to embellish me and play papa as Helmut had . |
27 | It was heartfelt and deep , but Theo should not run off with the idea that it was all laughter and light and the cooing of turtle doves . |
28 | When Mr Bernard Corker , who owns the business , applied for retrospective planning permission the council refused on the grounds that it was too noisy , conflicted with proposed parking standards and did not fit in with the character of the residential area . |
29 | Fill it in yourself ; your manager , or your union health and safety representative will help you if the layout does not fit in with the incident you want to report . |
30 | Sometimes this is desirable because the expression seems awkward or inadequate ; sometimes it signals that the expression does not fit in with the rest of the style ( e.g. because of its register ) . |