Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreman has not made things easier for Stewart by his jocular jibes . |
| 2 | Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right . |
| 3 | I can choose not to do things that do n't excite me , but fortunately things are happening that do you know . |
| 4 | She must try not to take things the wrong way |
| 5 | It does mean not hiding things which are important in the life of a family . |
| 6 | Try not to hang things too close , too high , or too far apart . |
| 7 | try not to put things off too much as plans may take far longer to arrange and involve more red tape than you might think . |
| 8 | I think that in life you have to discover what you 're good at , recognise what you ca n't do , decide what you want , aim for it , and try not to regret things afterwards . |
| 9 | ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ . |
| 10 | He did not want things to go wrong at this stage . |
| 11 | The latest technical innovation , the deaf-aid transmitter , did not make things any easier . |
| 12 | We did not think things would be as bad . ’ |
| 13 | Jim Oulton , GMB branch secretary , said : ‘ We knew the company was in difficulty but we did not think things were this bad or the cuts would be of this magnitude . ’ |
| 14 | Yet the Junkers did not have things all their own way . |
| 15 | Even though the Germans were demoralised by the end of the war and by the Versailles arrangements for peace , the Poles did not have things all their own way in setting the new borders . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope I did not spoil things for you . ’ |
| 17 | And perhaps , she decided , being realistic , as long as she did not let things go too far it would do her no harm to stop trying to resist them and simply go with the flow of her feelings for a while . |
| 18 | The Poles did not see things this way . |
| 19 | Local authorities did not see things that way . |
| 20 | Allow this clause to go through unamended and there is a serious danger that a future Home Secretary 's friends on a police authority could indicate that if a chief officer did not see things the way they did and that of the government of the day his contract might not be renewed . |
| 21 | And in the 1950s people did not buy things they could not afford — credit and debt were shameful things to be avoided . |
| 22 | The AFPFL did not get things all their way : they had to accept six seats on the new Council ( no better than Dorman-Smith had offered the previous year ) . |
| 23 | We certainly do not smell things in the way they do . |
| 24 | EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion , and while I agree with Joe Hyam 's concerning service charges ( Caterer , 15–21 August ) , I feel he is taking unfair advantage of his position to have a go at people who do not do things the ‘ Joe Hyam ’ way . |
| 25 | We do not have a mind which is formed like theirs , we do not experience things in the way they do . |
| 26 | You do not shirk things , was a first principle , you face up to them . |
| 27 | The Zande do not expect things to work unless they are properly made . |
| 28 | Senior managers do not want things to go wrong , and will not take what they consider to be unnecessary risks in recommending one supplier as opposed to another . |
| 29 | ‘ Do not lift things , Miss Thorne — no heavy lifting . |
| 30 | If logic and reason can interpret the information sent in by the senses and produce a conclusion that would change as the information changes , it is emotion that clouds our vision and leads to a state in which we do not see things as they are . |