Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Whatever you do do not let them take the book back without admitting that your name is in it . " |
| 2 | I did not want her to face the rings that dissolve into the banks of time 's pond when the dead-weight falls to its depths . |
| 3 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 4 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 5 | They did not want him to make the comparison himself . |
| 6 | It was nothing , she protested , it was something she could not control today , it did not mean she thought the less of him , or their sex together . |
| 7 | Fiona Weir , FoE 's air pollution campaigner , said that the group did not feel it had the necessary expertise or information to produce warnings on " nuclear winter " effects , ozone depletion and acid rain . |
| 8 | Mr. Lester , for the taxpayers , did not urge us to abandon the exclusionary rule completely . |
| 9 | This did not lead him to question the principle of majority decisions ; but it did lead him to pay attention to the social , cultural and economic conditions in which the will of all , or the will of the majority , would be more rather than less likely to coincide with " the general will " , by which Rousseau meant what all of us would will if we thought of ourselves not as private individuals but as citizens identifying ourselves with the good of the community . |
| 10 | Marianne Farningham became a member of the Northampton School Board in the mid-1880s , but she declined to canvass or address meetings , preferring to send a printed letter round to electors , though this ladylike course of action did not prevent her heading the poll . |
| 11 | But that did not prevent him seeing the possible significance of what she had told him . |
| 12 | This did not prevent him joining the revolt of Henry , third Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , against the corrupt government of Queen Isabella [ q.v. ] and Roger Mortimer , first Earl of March [ q.v. ] , in 1328 . |
| 13 | Paisley was back in prison , this time for his part in the Armagh demonstrations , but that did not stop him characterizing the Cameron Commission as a betrayal of the Ulster people to the rebels . |
| 14 | Callaghan seemed to be implying that it was not enough to offer young people a broad liberal curriculum in school , if such a curriculum did not prepare them to face the unthinking anonymity of the factory production line . |
| 15 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 16 | Southwark Crown Court 's senior judge , Gerald Butler , QC , said recently enacted legislation did not allow him to take the man 's 30-year-old record into account . |
| 17 | M and J always tidy up well , so did not let them do the washing/drying up . |
| 18 | That did not cause them to escape the sharp edge of Jesus 's tongue . |
| 19 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 20 | ‘ I do not conclude he regards the PS as dead , ’ he told reporters . |
| 21 | More corrugated iron and concrete and an army sign : ‘ We apologize for the delay Please do not blame us Blame the Terrorists ’ , with another smaller one beside it : ‘ Please take your little home with you ’ . |
| 22 | The reality is that while the professional/client model is attractive , people who come into contact with mental health services often do not feel they exert the kind of influence that , for example , a person might have when he is instructing his solicitor . |
| 23 | I do not think I have the strength . |
| 24 | After his signature , he added : ‘ P.S. Do not think I stole the plate , linen , etc. from you . |
| 25 | ‘ I fear nothing , My Lord , except perhaps that those who do not wish us to find the truth may intervene in a way we least expect . |
| 26 | Although these results appear to be consistent with the short-term/long-term distinction inherent in Wagner 's theory , they do not require us to make the distinction . |
| 27 | These revisions do not ask us to view the prewar Japanese peasant as a prosperous and independent cultivator , but they suggest that at least part of the rural sector was benefiting from the course of development . |
| 28 | This is the reward of industrial leadership : to see people , who do not believe they have the capability of being a winning team , gaining confidence and effectiveness and morale , and the respect not only of their peers but also of their competitors and the world outside . |
| 29 | PARKS : I do not believe it befits the Committee to force me to do this . |
| 30 | Wrap mothballs in muslin and do not let them touch the textiles . |