Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] not [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue .
2 Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it .
3 It does seem that rent-a-picket is back and I do not think that is in the interests of the workers at Timex . ’
4 Mr Major said : ‘ It does seem that rent-a-picket is back and I do not think that is in the interests of the workers . ’
5 But leaving that aside , as I have already explained , the court will not be ‘ hearing and determining the swap cases together ’ and I do not think those words can be stretched so as to include the present procedural arrangements .
6 The tribunal chairman said : ‘ Her privacy was invaded , but she does model and I do not think this was a very high level of injured feelings .
7 That would take capital , and I do not have much money .
8 ‘ I 'll handle this , ’ said Dad ‘ Look Amy , you mother and I do not have much money .
9 As one of the ‘ older ’ helpers it was a little like going back to school as my two ‘ children ’ are now 28 and 25 and I do not have any grandchildren so holding babies of 18 months upwards and playing with youngsters was quite a change .
10 Even if ( and I do not accept this at all ) neutrality could only be justified as a means to a fair contest , it should not be identified with action securing a fair contest .
11 Not every one of you can see me and I do not see each of you .
12 I do not anticipate that these will be on a very substantial scale and I do not see any reason why it should be necessary to ask Your Majesty to return to London prematurely .
13 Egypt 's pioneering efforts in regard to peacemaking are well established and respected , and I do not consider such a line of questioning helpful .
14 I know those offices in Northumberland Avenue — I have been involved in submitting evidence to two separate Royal Commissions there — and I do not believe this proposed tour of inspection is going to be a very joyous occasion .
15 For the sake of argument — and I do not concede this — I recognise that the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) is asserting that there are downward pressures on university funding .
16 ‘ I got much more out of the car than I did in Kyalami and I did not make any mistakes .
17 I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food .
18 my mailing system was down over the weekend and I did not receive any mail .
19 And I did not find this revelation consoling .
20 And I did not like that
21 An operator which adds some new knowledge , and which does not undo any fact already established , is said to be monotonic .
22 For example , in 1985 the steel industry , which relies on imports of both coking coal and iron ore , and which does not export enough to cover these requirements , made an agreement with the metal-working industry , which is a net exporter , to sell it $67 million of foreign exchange during the year .
23 Associate species are those which are not constant but which occur throughout the community with a frequency of 60% or less , and which do not favour any particular sub-community .
24 However , if you do not sell it and you do not have enough income to pay the weekly charge , we would have to come to an agreement with you on how to overcome the difficulty .
25 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 .
26 I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on .
27 It was exhausting and she did not know enough to analyse each problem properly .
28 Doubtless there will be no thanks for that and we do not expect any .
29 ‘ We are all the guests of your government , gracious madam , ’ Speich said , ‘ and we do not forget that fact . ’
30 Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't .
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