Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot tears filled her eyes and she did not fight them , her face hidden by the darkness in the cabin . |
| 2 | But they were n't on an island ; he had other relationships and she did not wish to complicate her life with his inadequacies and hang-ups . |
| 3 | But many hospitals have ‘ built-up ’ pockets of specialisms and she does not think that concentrating them on fewer sites would mean the loss of centres of excellence . |
| 4 | Sean McMullan , IPE 's Systems Development Manager , said ‘ they are considerably cheaper than X-terminals and we do not need full graphical capabilities . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I sat in on the Jockey Club working party that drew up these latest proposals Their idea was to bring down the number of strokes and they did not seem very interested in what we , the jockeys , had to say . |
| 6 | For a start , she had n't seen Rosemary for fifteen minutes and she did not want her to feel left out . |
| 7 | This is because the skilled individual is normally working well within his capacities , he does not have to search desperately for information because he knows exactly what to look for , his movements are not hurried because they are integrated into smooth chains and he does not react suddenly because he anticipates what is going to happen . |
| 8 | Lord Lane CJ added : [ o ] ne hesitates to suggest that different legal considerations might apply according to whether the proceedings are taking place in the civil rather than the criminal courts and we do not do so . |
| 9 | Diana did not especially care for either of those activities and she did not ride , which kept the rest of the family amused . |
| 10 | So long as they have neighbours within 12″ the Snotlings are not affected by the psychology rules and they do not need to take break tests when they are beaten in hand-to-hand combat . |
| 11 | Kowalik looks a good prospect on the evidence of his first two Ipswich meetings and he does not expect to miss many British League meetings . |
| 12 | The answer is that they told us that they tried this several times and it did not work . |
| 13 | He did not know I had read his notes and I did not confess I had , but he elaborated on what I had read , and I was convinced he had right on his side — if not prudence . |
| 14 | It could lead to unjustifiable situations resulting in a great number of injustices and I do not think we should continue with it . … |
| 15 | Most of Wordsworth 's readers who have left us their opinions were middle-class , but we must remember that he addressed his poetry to readers of all classes and we do not know how much the choice of natural subject matter may have meant to urban dwellers who lived out of sight of flowers and trees . |
| 16 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 17 | It was strictly for males and I do not recall ever seeing a woman in there . |
| 18 | ‘ We had plenty of the ball but we did not look as if we could do anything from our set plays and we did not look likely to score from them . ’ |
| 19 | Over 60 years later Walworth Road has not been widened , the freehold is now vested in the appellant second to fourth defendants , who purchased the property from the first defendant , the London Residuary Body after it had issued a notice to quit , the defendants have no road making powers and it does not appear that the road will ever be widened . |
| 20 | Under Augustus or Tiberius Strabo still stated , as an evident fact , that in the study of little-known countries " the Roman writers are imitators of the Greeks and they do not carry their imitation very far , for what they relate they merely translate from the Greeks " ( 3.4.19 ) . |
| 21 | A divorced woman can only use her former husband 's contribution record to establish her right to the basic pension and only provided she contributes in her own right as soon as the marriage ends and she does not remarry ( unless she is divorced over the age of 60 ) . |
| 22 | Now , according to V. Slavgorodsky , " Russia is refusing to accept the dangerous transports and we do not have any burial facilities of our own . |
| 23 | They did not want to be bothered with her joys and despairs and she did not want to be bothered with theirs . |
| 24 | My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’ |
| 25 | Cry Baby Killer did not bring Nicholson any new offers and he did not work again in films for nine months . |
| 26 | The open semi finals promised to be two very tight games and they did not disappoint . |
| 27 | I have known many who have competed in the Olympic Games and I do not know one who does not still cherish the memory and still treasure that thrill of competition at the highest level . |
| 28 | This Aristotelian idea of ‘ essence of cathood ’ or ‘ essence of the Renaissance ’ is precisely what Boas and I do not accept . |
| 29 | Mrs Hellyer knew all about weak men and she did not include Martin Bean in that category . |
| 30 | The one thing at which my constituents are jolly good is feeding their children and they do not need to be subsidised to the tune of £14 million a year to do it . |