Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Director of OEM and technology licensing for IBM 's advanced workstations and systems division , Lucian Bifano said ‘ Since the [ PowerPC ] agreement with Motorola and Apple 18 months ago , we speculated on who would be the first to market with a product ; we certainly did not expect it to come four months after our October announcement of the first silicon ’ . |
2 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
3 | In the future it would earn a lot of laughs , but Rain did not think it deserved any yet . |
4 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
5 | Being medieval , she thought it was unsuitable for the church to be visibly glittering , but , if the pews and the brass were n't polished , it quickly looked sad and Anna did not like it to look sad . |
6 | During all the years that the Scottish Select Committee existed , I do not recall it undertaking that task . |
7 | This is the family home and my mother did n't want it left empty . |
8 | Cos they did n't want it to go bad you see . |
9 | Well , they did n't want it turning red . |
10 | Rickards did n't want it to become public knowledge and it wo n't . |
11 | He looked at Hari , ‘ And I did n't want it to look bad for you . ’ |
12 | I did n't mean it to happen this way . ’ |
13 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
14 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
15 | He says , well , it 's your job not to let it go wrong , I said , I did n't let it go wrong . |
16 | She drank automatically when It was over , noticed only when her glass was empty and did n't let it stay that way long . |
17 | It was just incompetence that I did n't get it done this week . |
18 | Says one inmate : ’ I do n't think it takes much to become a prison officer . |
19 | No I do n't think it 'd be , do n't think it meant that , I thought we went , to could be two , we 're going to have another one . |
20 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
21 | I do n't think it does much for the feel or the looks of the frets , but there you go . |
22 | There 's no point , I do n't think , in that kind of pretension to an absolute objectivity , and some of my colleagues in the department do , and I think that 's regrettable , and I do n't think it serves any useful function . |
23 | Must be the leaves I think because I do n't think it flowers this shrub here . |
24 | " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said . |
25 | It 's not that I 'm against autobiographical writing I just generally do n't think it makes good , or true , fiction . |
26 | But , I do n't think it makes any profit , but , you know , profit . |
27 | But do I just that is I do n't think it makes any bloody difference , as far as that is . |
28 | At the end of the day I do n't think it affects everyday life in Darlington . |
29 | I think it means they 're all just older family , I do n't think it means six year olds . |
30 | I do n't think it adds any greater restrictions to the existing policies . |