Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Commons , Sir Thomas Clarges moved that " a standing Army is destructive to the Country " , whilst his fellow Tory , Edward Seymour , declared that " the safety of the Kingdom doth not consist with a standing force " , adding ( in a way which anticipated Tory arguments used after 1689 ) that " all the profit and security of this Nation is in our Ships , and had there been the least ship in the Channel " , Monmouth could never have landed . |
| 2 | That doth not smack of observation ; |
| 3 | Such general concerns do not belong and do not fit into the straitjacket of a system of pressure-group lobbying and organization . |
| 4 | Some people can not spell and do not care about it . |
| 5 | The circumstances under which they did so do not appear from the report of the case . |
| 6 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 7 | Secret organisations in competition with other secret organisations require time to grow and do not emerge with countrywide capabilities . |
| 8 | I enclose a Statement showing the approximate sums involved in connection with your purchase but you will appreciate that these to do not take into account any apportionment of general and water rates . |
| 9 | In contrast , after an analysis of the literature on social indicators and the reform of education , Greenbaum et al ( l977 ) conclude not only that can NAEP not help with research hypothesis formation or policy guidelines , but that ‘ the prerequisites of an effective large-scale system of social accounting demonstrates that no such system lies within reach in the field of education ’ . |
| 10 | The midfield 3/4 , presumably including Macca & Strach , will have to get their act together , and lets not beat about the bush , ‘ drop the dead f*****g donkey ’ and play Wallace and Forrester up front . |
| 11 | Cowering beneath the bookcase , Mildred dared not move in case she had begun to be visible again . |
| 12 | His own son was so ragged that he dared not go to school … |
| 13 | When he played for Sheffield United he told a local newspaper that he dared not go into city nightspots in case he ran into any Wednesday supporters . |
| 14 | ‘ After I left here I missed you every day , every hour , every second , ’ Sarella told him passionately , ‘ I dared not hope for anything — it was as if you were lost forever . ’ |
| 15 | The children ; one dared not think of the children . |
| 16 | Paul bore all this in mind , looking down at Emily ; he could see her in his mind 's eye presiding over tea-parties at Oxford , saying the right thing to professors ' wives ; playing her part as his own wife , while he continued with his work uninterrupted except — he dared not think of it now — for the nights . |
| 17 | She touched on the word with delicacy , as if she dared not think of it . |
| 18 | I was making heavy weather of it but dared not rest for the cold . |
| 19 | As Bismarck said , ‘ I have always found the word ‘ Europe ’ on the lips of those who wanted something from other powers which they dared not demand in their own name' . |
| 20 | It was not all my imagination , this something came from her as well as from me — a joint umbilical cord , something we dared not speak of , of course , yet which we both knew was there . |
| 21 | She was a prim and proper little Fraulein , although her father was the villain , and Carruthers loved her , but dared not speak to her without a chaperone . |
| 22 | St John glanced quickly at her , but dared not look at her for long . |
| 23 | She took a lot of convincing : distrust was deeply ingrained in her , she dared not believe in good fortune ; she was conditioned to thinking in terms of Lajos and adjustment took some time . |
| 24 | The men disappeared behind a distant quayside shed , but she dared not trust to luck and hid behind a winch . |
| 25 | No side has won successive grand slams since Wavell Wakefield 's England of 1924 , though it is worth recalling that what has become known as the Irish Problem deprived Wales in Barry John 's farewell year , 1972 ; they won handsomely against England , France and Scotland but like the Scots dared not venture to Dublin at the height of The Troubles . |
| 26 | It did not aim for the situation that we 've been discussing , where people are trying to get the information . |
| 27 | She did not aim for sleep , though , but lay there for an age wanting some of her anger back . |
| 28 | Their direct-action tactics did not aim at involving large numbers of people in militant action ; they were propaganda stunts designed to attract an audience . |
| 29 | I did not aim at making my style ‘ Italian Gothic ’ my ideas ran much more upon the French to which for some years I had devoted my chief study . |
| 30 | When he was reviled , he did not revile in return ; When he suffered he did not threaten But trusted to him who judges justly . |