Example sentences of "do not [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance . |
| 3 | The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels . |
| 4 | ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them . |
| 5 | Residents of the City of Westminster , while falling into the catchment areas of three different health districts , did not have recourse to admissions to any long-stay hospitals after the closure of Banstead in 1986 . |
| 6 | For many years farm workers , and other rural inhabitants who did not have access to home ownership , had been quietly and routinely disadvantaged by the housing policies of many rural local authorities . |
| 7 | The ICRC confirmed that political prisoners numbered 1,268 , although their representatives did not have access to prisons run by the state security services . |
| 8 | It was held that an offence under that section had been committed where the accumulation emitted offensive odours which interfered with the personal comfort of persons living in the neighbourhood , but did not cause injury to health . |
| 9 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 10 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 11 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 12 | We did not assess travel to work in detail . |
| 13 | ‘ When we hear such sounds we do not pay attention to things like pitch and timbre . |
| 14 | ‘ But the guys here must remember I still love to stir things up and England do not do justice to people like Will and Jeremy Guscott . |
| 15 | Regulations have also been discussed regarding the suspension and dismissal of public employees who do not express loyalty to General Noriega . |
| 16 | People do not build resistance to tetanus with time or age . |
| 17 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 18 | America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye . |
| 19 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 20 | In this analysis , people do not attribute legitimacy to authority because they recognize its claim to a foundation in some principle or source outside itself . |
| 21 | Eventually the local authority associations agreed a self-denying ordinance and in many authorities councillors do not seek access to records on individuals . |
| 22 | However , it is generally true that mainstream teachers do not have access to specialist knowledge beyond very generic special needs training . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’ |
| 24 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
| 25 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 26 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 27 | And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around . |
| 28 | Er er er I mentioned er in an earlier interjection the fact that Price Waterhouse in this country er would n't give evidence and did n't provide information to Price Waterhouse partners er er i i in the United States er er the government I think , can only er deal with this by some effective regulation er of auditing er and by some er er effective er independent regulate . |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't pretend he 's normal and it 's no secret that he did n't see eye to eye with Alain . ’ |
| 30 | They brought him back as a Caretaker to General Manager and really I did n't see eye to eye with him . |