Example sentences of "and [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] [det] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Good enough , ’ said Joe , ‘ and do n't spill any dicky birds yourself . ’
2 We have a good crew and do n't expect any radical changes .
3 And do n't pull that funny face !
4 A defence is only as good as its defenders and do not forget that good players do not turn out in non-League football for beer money .
5 Across occupations , pension ages vary arbitrarily and do not show any systematic relationship to individual skills or preferences .
6 The committees that consider Bills are in no way specialized ; they consider new legislation in rotation regardless of subject and do not do any separate investigatory work .
7 The Jivaro depend largely on agriculture and do not eat many wild plants , though they hunt a lot .
8 Thieblot and Haggard emphasise that these observations are made only on the basis of ‘ preliminary analysis ’ and do not offer any empirical validation .
9 With such contrasts , soul and body stay healthy and do not produce those inevitable diseases that result from the preponderance of scholarly activity and from the excessive predominance of physical activity as well …
10 But although there are hundreds of freshwater lochs in Shetland , the majority are on the acidic peatlands and do not produce enough underwater vegetation to satisfy the needs of big grazing birds like swans .
11 Microcomputers ( see next page ) , by comparison , are altogether smaller and lighter , and do not require any special environment .
12 I have continued to live there as my sole residence and do not have any other home or accommodation .
13 Cultivated blackberries are not far removed from their wild parents and do not need much fussy soil preparation .
14 Although no independent assessment of quality of life was performed in these patients , from the objective assessment of exercise capacity and left ventricular function in each case combined with the full time employment of most of the long term surviving patients , the patients ' answers to a simple telephone questionnaire were probably accurate and did not reflect any inappropriate bias .
15 Potten et al are the first to point out that their findings are based entirely on the study of patients with colorectal cancer and , although the specimens used were taken at least 5 cm from the primary carcinoma and did not show any unusual histological features , there may be differences with respect to the colonic mucosa of patients without carcinoma .
16 The anal pressure profile in spinal patients always resembled that seen during rises in intra-abdominal pressure caused by inflating the balloon and did not show any anal relaxation or reduction in external anal sphincter activity .
17 These early Acts stemmed very largely from sanitary powers , and did not provide any financial assistance beyond powers of borrowing money .
18 She was well on review a month later and did not have any residual motor or sensory signs .
19 I would accept that since I saw a report only the other day about such a case ( the funeral director involved had a son in my class who brought me the file ) the embalmer had used 8 oz per 80 oz of a very good fluid , but had not put in any co or pre injection fluids and did not mix any other fluids , and he put in 4 × 80 oz bottles .
20 It makes me shudder now to think of it , how we waded into those strawberries and did n't suffer any ill effects afterwards .
21 I was in and out of relationships and did n't feel any particular urge to use prostitutes .
22 There was a slight hitch with the installation of the scanner driver , but this seemed to resolve itself eventually , and did n't pose any great problem .
23 There was a slight hitch with the installation of the scanner driver , but this seemed to resolve itself eventually , and did n't pose any great problem .
24 We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning
25 Now some of those groups , or one of them at least , is is I think you 're saying a very friendly and sociable group and does n't present many social problems .
26 He drives a BMW Estate — ‘ a family car ’ — and does n't have any expensive hobbies .
27 His text , divided into seventeen short chapters which follow a broadly conventional , chronological arrangement , is short of biographical information and does not offer any new or detailed analysis of the works .
28 This does not raise any problems of mismatch with fiduciary duties since it is restricted to the operation of the rules themselves and does not affect any common law or equitable duties .
29 By definition , space-time is smooth and does not contain any irregular points .
30 My only comment on the relevance of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 is that a decision that a receiver appointed over the property of an unregistered company is an administrative receiver for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986 is consistent with , and does not create any particular difficulties in the operation of , the provisions of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 .
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