Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] [noun sg] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
| 2 | In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row . |
| 3 | As one of Rodin 's most celebrated works , The Kiss did not find favour with public opinion in the USA in the 1880s , which decided that the nude marble sculpture was far too hot for public viewing and had it confined to a special room . |
| 4 | In the 1970s the real price of cigarettes fell about 30% because cigarette taxation did not keep pace with inflation . |
| 5 | At the same time the quality of cattle was declining and any increase in their numbers did not keep pace with demand . |
| 6 | Unlike housing and education , health policies were remarkable for their continuity in the 1980s and the NHS finished the decade battered round the edges but largely intact : still the overwhelming supplier of health care in spite of the growth in the independent sector ; still tax-funded and for the most part free at the point of use ; still growing in real terms even though that did not keep pace with demand in the view of critics . |
| 7 | A single , introverted individual who was self-catering and whose job did not require contact with others would be able to live like this . |
| 8 | Men do not share support with child care simply because so few of them are responsible for the care of children , and so on . |
| 9 | And he added : ‘ I did n't lose contact with golf , preserving my Scratch handicap and playing in a combined Berks , Bucks and Oxford county team . |
| 10 | So you know there 's the , do n't link aggression with assertion , two difference . |
| 11 | Indeed , her father had shocked her by breaking this silence and by advising her , when she went up to Cambridge , not to join the Communist Party ; a joke 's a joke , he told her , but you do n't want trouble with visas if ever you want to go to America . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm surprised you do n't take lunch with Mike 's secretary , ’ Rob remarked , holding open the door . |
| 13 | So long as we do n't confuse faction with history , perhaps we should n't agonise too much over such matters . |
| 14 | The best they could recall was his one-liner to Derek Hatton , the Liverpool militant , at Bournemouth in 1985 : ‘ You do n't play politics with people 's jobs , ’ Mr Kinnock told him . |
| 15 | Still , learn from experience : and the moral of this story is : do n't mix business with pleasure . |
| 16 | I suppose it 's because people do n't put canvas with paint daubed on it very high up on their list of personal needs , especially when there are bills to pay and food to buy … |
| 17 | Vitrinite reflectance is a temperature ( and therefore depth ) dependent parameter which does not undergo retrogression with uplift . |
| 18 | ‘ My daughter does not have patience with memories . |