Example sentences of "[not/n't] do this [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To shorten the odds on reproducing itself it must produce a significant crop of attractive fruit , but it can not do this without the framework on which to hang and parade its wares . |
| 2 | It 's we 're very conscious that erm the costs that we 've incurred we need to keep strapped down to a minimum , but we have to manage a forty million pound organisation and you can not do this on the back of an envelope . |
| 3 | There was an implication that certain auditors ( no names mentioned ) had not done this in the past . |
| 4 | Commenting on the compensation award , Mrs Taylor said : ‘ I was not doing this for the money . |
| 5 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 6 | Now is you remember last time we said we would n't do this at the minute because we erm we 've got erm a |
| 7 | If he does n't do this within the deadline period you then have a year and a day in which to ask the court for an extract decree to be issued . |
| 8 | If you ca n't do this in the shop ask the shopkeeper whether you can try them out at home . |