Example sentences of "[verb] not do [det] " in BNC.

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1 Mama has not done that .
2 Let your imagination roan with your desperately running heroine firmly in the centre of your mind and then from the incidents that will ( if you have a ration of luck ) spring up , arrange them in order of difficulty , if your intuition has not done that already for you .
3 A person who is wrongly accused will know that he has not done that of which he is suspected , example , and may be indignant at being the object of suspicion .
4 The government has not done much to restrain it .
5 If he has not done much gardening before , you can work together , so that you can enjoy sharing the tasks , and it is easier for you to assess when the patient has had enough .
6 This has not done much to improve its reputation as a heavy , high-calorie food , which is certainly undeserved .
7 Apart from that , Mr Clinton has not done much with drugs policy .
8 This neglected village has not done much to draw attention to its grand literary connections , though it has quite a prepossessing seventeenth-century church with a delightful octagonal tower and a two-storey cloister .
9 However , the feeling among certain firms on the scheme is that it has not done much if anything to generate business from new clients .
10 Every baptised German who has not done this and who pays income tax must also pay the additional church tax .
11 He dismisses the widespread belief among manufacturers that the Government has not done enough to help them , with : ‘ Oh well , that 's human nature , is n't it ? ’
12 Additionally , he noted that ‘ many people feel that the system has not done enough to protect what is good in an environment or to ensure that new development is of a sufficiently high quality ’ .
13 He has not done enough to satisfy the hardliners in the City who wanted him to take at least £2.5 billion out of the economy in 1993-94 .
14 But her solicitor said : ‘ Admitting this has not done any good .
15 ‘ Brownies do n't do good turns for rewards , ’ Heather told him , ‘ but , ’ she added eagerly , ‘ if you would let us use your loft as a meeting-place we 'd promise not to do any damage or make ourselves nuisances , would n't we , Shirley ? ’
16 She was not very steady on her feet and she kept thinking how she had resolved not to do this , but her thought processes were blurred and hazy .
17 APART from a bit of financial window dressing , the Chancellor has n't done much with this statement .
18 While Colonel Sanders 's fried poultry has n't done much for the state 's image and few of us get to attend the Kentucky Derby , America 's leading spirit is becoming increasingly fashionable in Britain .
19 ‘ It has n't done much for my temper . ’
20 A broken marriage has n't done much to lighten them , either . ’
21 ‘ Show me someone who has n't done that and I 'll show you someone who 's been so sheltered they 're gon na be dull . ’
22 But she has n't done that . "
23 And he has n't done that has he ?
24 ‘ He has n't done that , ’ Thorfinn said .
25 He has n't done that at all you are amazing
26 made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being
27 Come on , we 've got to all get home , mummy has n't done all the washing yet ,
28 ‘ He has n't done enough training yet to reach his peak .
29 He has n't done this either .
30 Er right I need somebody out there who has n't done this before erm let's see we 've been to Ripon , been to Thirsk , erm been over to Scarborough with Dr Rock , North Allerton no I do n't like North Allerton well I mean I love North Allerton no no I want to go south I want to go Tadcaster way have we anybody down there ?
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