Example sentences of "do [pron] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And once he was on stage , no one could make him do what he did not want to do . |
| 2 | According to one of my sources , it is the origin of the American term ‘ railroading ’ , which has long been used as a slang term throughout the USA to mean compelling somebody to do something they do not want to do , and for which the legal or other administrative justification is marginal or dubious . |
| 3 | Child screams , head bangs , hand bites and hits out when compelled to do something he does not want to do . |
| 4 | Getting him to bed in the evening was almost impossible , and when he was forced to do something he did not want to do he could throw violent tantrums . |
| 5 | The question was , did the student teacher have the right to compel Nicky Wragg to do something he did not want to do during what was supposed to be the boy 's free time ? |
| 6 | The dictator ( to look at one of Keith Graham 's examples ) who allowed everyone to decide for themselves what they wanted and then told them what they must do , is violating their autonomy not because their wants and needs are not realised in action , but because they have been coerced into doing something they do not want . |
| 7 | All sides — Iran and all parties capable of doing something — can bring pressure to end this tragedy in such a manner as to avoid giving the impression that this was done to make trade or that one side has blackmailed the other into doing something it did not want to do . " |
| 8 | If Dean had a motive for doing it he did not say what it was . |
| 9 | hang on a minute that 's not mine either , and all then that 's not my pots I tell you what when they do something they do not forget the colour |
| 10 | If your child does something you do not like , such as losing her temper too easily , you may increase her ability to think first and hold her temper by penalizing her consistently for failing to do so ; in this way you are providing an ‘ incentive ’ for her efforts to keep her cool . |