Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after he had gone Robbie did not immediately prepare herself for bed . |
| 2 | WFS did not publically declare itself to be affiliated to any independent grass roots campaigns who are actually working on the ground with ordinary people — for example , the Tottenham 3 Campaign , Birmingham 6 Campaign etc . |
| 3 | While some use will be made of an article on early ensemble direction by David Camesi , it is the case that the author did not primarily concern himself with French evidence . |
| 4 | She saw herself perhaps as an Elizabeth Bowen heroine — for one did not openly identify oneself with Jane Austen 's heroines and To The North was her favourite novel . |
| 5 | But the ancestral organs did not literally change themselves into the descendant organs , like swords being beaten into ploughshares . |
| 6 | That individuals prosecuted for sodomy did not necessarily identify themselves with the demonized sodomite of official discourse also lends credence to Foucault 's distinction between sodomy as a kind of behaviour , and homosexuality as a modern identity . |
| 7 | Although Marx and Engels did not systematically apply themselves to crime and its treatment , they too showed some ambivalence in their attitudes to the status of crime under capitalism . |
| 8 | People did not usually describe themselves as servants ( clients did not , nor did government employees ) . |
| 9 | But Coventry do not just see themselves as killjoys . |
| 10 | By contrast , the failure to introduce new benefits , payments or services is a much blunter grievance : political opponents have only something hypothetical to discuss ; individual electors do not easily identify themselves with the deprived . |
| 11 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 12 | Such contradictory findings do not immediately lend themselves to providing a basis for a programme of legislative reform . |
| 13 | It is arguable that teacher expectations and behaviour could be creating an interactive process of low expectations , low achievements and black pupil resistance , although it is important to recognize that teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into self-fulfilling prophecies ( Short , 1985 ) . |
| 14 | Such activity is necessitated by the provision of only 420 km of game-viewing in a reserve of 1673 km 2 and the fact that there are relatively low populations of the carnivores , individuals of which do not always locate themselves in convenient spots ! |
| 15 | Thirdly , speakers of a language do not always comport themselves in the manner recommended by the prevailing mores-they can be outrageous , and otherwise " inappropriate " , So such a definition would make the data of pragmatics stand in quite an abstract relation to what is actually observable in language usage , whereas for many linguists one of the major contributions of pragmatics has been to direct attention once again to actual language usage . |
| 16 | Once again , the marketing mentality permeates these specialist services for they need to understand marketing principles and concepts even if they do not directly involve themselves in the data and planning . |
| 17 | Many of these children come from families which do not readily form themselves into associations and pressure groups . |
| 18 | The promises do not readily lend themselves to precise costings . |
| 19 | Highly specialised manufacturing equipment , chemical cleanser for photographic equipment , or nuts and bolts for plumbing equipment do not readily lend themselves to sampling , but a case might be made for including small but appropriate gifts in any press pack . |
| 20 | She did n't exactly throw herself against the door , but she began to beat on it with her fists . |
| 21 | He nodded , the merest inclination of the head , to say , well , he did n't necessarily commit himself to agreeing but that he was n't ruling it out as a might-have-been either . |
| 22 | Individual difficulties would be singled out for special treatment : ‘ When a passage went wrong during practice , she did n't mentally beat herself with a stick and get angry , merely went over it again , maybe more slowly or homed in on the particular difficulty that had tripped her up and worked on that . ’ |
| 23 | It 's very important that you read widely , both novels and playscripts , and do n't just confine yourself to an exam syllabus . |
| 24 | ‘ Lions do n't generally allow themselves to be dictated to . ’ |
| 25 | To be fair the answer was in the manual but this only highlights the fact that the various packages do n't automatically integrate themselves with the InteMate manager . |
| 26 | Even more provocative is a poll that found that the vast majority of American women today do n't even identify themselves as feminists . |
| 27 | Many people do n't even see themselves as carers . |
| 28 | I do n't very often feel frightened , but then I do n't often put myself in that vulnerable position . |
| 29 | If you want to give the time … do n't unnecessarily expose yourself to danger |
| 30 | ‘ I always think of doctors as plumbers , but they do n't usually see themselves like that . |