Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] them [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It 's not a position where A number of people have the idea that it ca n't be a beneficiary , it can , it often is a beneficiary for the obvious reason that if the beneficiaries are getting the goodies , why not make them do the work necessary to get hold of them ?
2 The pension was a voluntary gratuitous payment ant the words ’ except in the wool trade ’ were merely an intimation to Mr Wyatt that if he did enter the wool trade he must not expect them to continue the pension .
3 Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home .
4 The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either .
5 They also want the trees kept to a height which will not let them block the track should they be blown over .
6 M and J always tidy up well , so did not let them do the washing/drying up .
7 She would not let them have the Grimoire .
8 " Whatever you do do not let them take the book back without admitting that your name is in it . "
9 Lexicographers change these values in the course of their work but the system will not allow them to set the status field to a value set initially by the system .
10 The prosecutor may direct policemen to carry out inquiries and interview witnesses , but he can not deputise them to interrogate the suspect , a task which he must perform himself .
11 Make them work — if you do n't want them to spend the day , and your money , sitting with their feet up . ’
12 I do n't want them to pull the building down anyway .
13 I do n't want them to suffer the fate of appearing in an auction catalogue and having the state of their fur criticised .
14 Liar , er I do n't mind them doing the video tapes over , but
15 But Chris I ca n't see them I ca n't see them making a fire like that that your heat 's gon na go all up the chimney , no way .
16 Therefore you ca n't sell them to raise the money to pay the tax because you 've got to pay the tax before you can get the grant .
17 And I did n't have any Treas keys so I could n't tell them to use the help service .
18 But do n't let them make a pig of you .
19 where they did n't like the Christmas , not the modern parents where they , they would n't let them have a Christmas tree , the erm the critics is was erm oh what was that about ?
20 We ca n't ask them to change the law .
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