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Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] do [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I 'd do n't do that again !
2	Do that do n't do that .
3	They they change everything over do n't they , they they do n't do this and they do n't do that .
4	Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah .
5	But they did not do much more than that .
6	She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss .
7	In 1887 Peach and Horne did not do much field work as the former had sciatica and the latter suffered from what was described as inflammation .
8	While writers simply reflected people 's greater knowledge of the colonies and did not do much to increase it , the churches made quite substantial efforts to keep in touch across the Atlantic .
9	In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities .
10	The pipes had frozen and the tiny electric fire did not do much good .
11	Increasing the cost of bricks , timber and glass did not do much to lift the housing standards of the poor .
12	In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities .
13	Even British participation in the new South East Asian Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) , formed in September 1954 , did not do much to reassure Washington .
14	There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve .
15	TWO academics , who clearly did not do much of their research in the North-East , have written a book called Bad Language .
16	The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem .
17	The pilot did not do much to soften the trip .
18	He did not do that any more .
19	The nursing staff definitely did not do that .
20	‘ She did not do that , Headmistress ! ’
21	You simply did not do that sort of thing to men like Luke Denner !
22	Women did not do that kind of thing , even in cosmopolitan Cairo .
23	In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling .
24	Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things .
25	In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) .
26	The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die .
27	Charles Boag-Thomson , QC , for the father , said to the girl : ‘ Daddy tells me he is very upset because he did not do these things . ’
28	But er it did not do bad , got a fair good picture with it .
29	One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay .
30	Peter Dray , testing and commissioning engineer : ‘ Manifested all problems produced by BR reorganisation ; less than happy ’ with his job , as shown by performance in days up to and including November 27 ; despite having facilities , time and assistance for an independent wire count of Hemingway 's work , did not do this — far from being ‘ the last defence ’ , was no defence at all .