Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone claiming to be in the know told us the other day that the reason DEC president Robert Palmer never showed up at that mammoth Unix strategy briefing session the company put the press and analyst corp through back in February was that he saw the rehearsals and did n't want to be associated with it . |
| 2 | R-A-F Kemble is the base that did n't want to die . |
| 3 | But , oddly , snow can be quite comforting on long , steep slopes , especially if the slope widens at the base and does n't culminate in a 100-foot drop over cliffs . |
| 4 | If despite your gloomy forebodings your client nevertheless instructs you to proceed , confirm your advice and his instructions by letter , and advise your client 's mortgagees , if you act for them , or if not , advise their solicitors of the provision and do n't agree the draft until you know that the term is acceptable to them , too . |
| 5 | They feel the hurricane that does not blow |
| 6 | The Prime Minister is clearly now on the ropes and does n't seem able to fight back . |
| 7 | ‘ It is easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes if you do n't know the ropes or do n't have someone reliable to operate for you , ’ a contented owner of property in Portugal told me . |
| 8 | If we bear in mind that the institutions that did not reply may also have included some for whom the questionnaire was inappropriate , we can assume that the responses we obtained would represent somewhere approaching half those working in teacher education at the time . |
| 9 | Position them no closer than 12mm from the edge of the boards , and drive the nails so they just dimple the surface of the board but do n't cut it |
| 10 | This was confirmed in Russell v Northern Bank Development Corporation Limited and others [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 588 , where , in the House of Lords , it was held that a private agreement between shareholders not to increase the capital of the company was an agreement about the manner of voting of the shareholders and did not constitute a restriction on the statutory power of the company to alter its share capital . |
| 11 | So , on behalf of Sam , Omero , Minky and all the other animals — please obey the signs and do not feed . |
| 12 | Some other wasp species , apparently derived from pollinating agaonids , enter through the ostioles but do not carry pollen , though they have pockets ; there are also weevils and moth larvae . |
| 13 | ‘ Take the money and do n't think about it . |
| 14 | Her work entailed taking orders and payments for hampers , but when she was asked to supply hampers to one customer she kept the money and did not deliver the hampers . |
| 15 | A special feature is the principle of delayed and informed choice by which students gain a broad foundation in the study of the humanities and do not have to commit themselves to their degree programme until the end of the first year . |
| 16 | The method of attribution by provenance can also be used in reverse , in cases where we know the name of a mint from the coins but do not know its location . |
| 17 | Calluses grow on the ball of the foot and do not have a nucleus . |
| 18 | Just relax , take the tablets and do n't worry . |
| 19 | And it has a mirror on the back , and that was the bit that did n't break . |
| 20 | Have to say the planets and do n't forget we 've got to think about other solar systems as well so we 're not let's not limit us to the number , the planets why not . |
| 21 | The first two years had been the hardest — there was hardly a piece of equipment in the kitchen that did n't have a hospital properly stamp on it somewhere — but things had grown steadily better since . |
| 22 | They have slightly relaxed their demands for absolute obedience to the rules and do not think they are demeaning themselves by giving reasons for their ‘ do 's ’ and ‘ don'ts ’ . |
| 23 | Nicholson recognized later that Mud had given him his head ; he appreciated the responsibility and did not do anything too foolish ; irresponsibility came later when he was well outside of any parental influence . |
| 24 | On microtine molars the digestion in category 1 predators is restricted mainly to the occlusal corners of the salient angles of the teeth and does not penetrate below the alveolar margins . |
| 25 | And in the sort of market we work in , there are people around the world who are n't suffering from the recession and do still want to buy fine cars . |
| 26 | Brick paving gives a visual link with the building but do n't lay the old stock type used in the house — they are too soft and quickly deteriorate in frosty weather . |
| 27 | I sent in a report on education in Scotland to be ( a ) tabled and ( b ) appended to the Minutes but do n't see a reference or appendix ! |
| 28 | He had cancer of the prostate but did n't know . |
| 29 | Hardy was a hot favourite before the fight and did not let a sell-out crowd down by producing the expected victory . |
| 30 | Never remove any clothes that have stuck to the skin and do not give the child anything to drink in case he or she has to go to the operating theatre . |