Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] that [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford .
2 If the birds or Australia had not received that degree of attention from the scientific ornithologist which their interest demanded ’ , he wrote in his preface to Mammals of Australia , ‘ I can assert , without fear of contradiction , that its highly curious and interesting Mammals have been still less investigated .
3 Harris peremptorily summoned him to the committee-room after this latter incident and told him : ‘ We do not want that sort of thing at Lord 's , Fender . ’
4 We can not answer that question with certainty , but the details of the story itself would seem to provide us with several clues .
5 Bankers , accountants , commercial and public services , and advisory services all provide a very important contribution to the farming sector but all this sound advice could come to little or nothing if the human factor , that is the farmer or his family , could not translate that advice into practice on the farm .
6 ‘ We do not need that kind of publicity and do not want to be involved in that sort of thing .
7 It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him .
8 Freedom to worship our religion in our own country has been bought dearly with blood and tears — and you do not surrender that sort of freedom easily .
9 Women did not do that kind of thing , even in cosmopolitan Cairo .
10 The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again .
11 I realised I had never ever shaken his hand before , MPs do not do that sort of thing .
12 You can not do that sort of thing if you 're a priest . ’
13 You simply did not do that sort of thing to men like Luke Denner !
14 Asked to comment on the German government 's targets , Knauss said that they were no doubt based on a " very thorough " study , adding that " we have not done that level of study " .
15 Even if he had committed a murder the previous week , he would not betray that fact under hypnosis if he did not wish to !
16 I can not borrow that amount of money because I 'm already overdrawn and I do n't know anybody who would lend me any .
17 Science can not provide that kind of certainty .
18 One can not keep that sort of information to oneself . ’
19 It 's all here , so why not spend that holiday at home this year and give a boost to our much needed travel industry and tourism industry in this country ?
20 The study is a small-scale exploratory study which will involve intensive interviews with 54 married women whose children are old enough not to require that degree of care and attention which makes it difficult for a married woman to take up full-time employment .
21 The people of my constituency are appalled that Monmouth borough council has millions of pounds tied up from the sale of council houses and can not use that money for housing .
22 A public body which has power to construct lavatories can not use that power in order to build a subway under a street .
23 I think my relationship is a fairly normal one , but I do find myself bending over backwards not to erm use any of the sort of additional knowledge I have of education , and if there are things going on that perhaps I think that there might be better ways of doing it , then I bend over backwards not to give that kind of impression or to suggest it at all , because it seems to me that it 's going to make the relationship with the school or with the teachers erm a rather awkward one , and I do n't think it will good for my children .
24 ‘ You are not to use that kind of language ! ’
25 Similarly , Samet added , the paint is flaking on Georges Seurat 's 1888 masterpiece ‘ Les Poseuses ’ , reason enough not to put that work on tour .
26 The hon. Gentleman should not draw that type of conclusion .
27 Which , no doubt there are people are regenerating theirselves , and once again , talking locally again , of course , realise Marconi 's are in a bad way but they have got some marvellous er er new stuff coming along , but the point is er , obviously in the defence industry , in the er radar works , quite obviously you 're not getting that kind of demand .
28 ‘ without due care and attention ’ Means that the driver did not exercise that degree of care and attention which a reasonable and prudent driver would exercise in the circumstances .
29 We could n't do the likes of , we could n't invite Glyndebourne in or the Welsh National Opera because we just could not have that scale of operation on .
30 I doubt whether many young people will be deterred by a fine of £1,000 or £5,000 , because they do not have that kind of money available .
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