Example sentences of "[verb] not do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah . |
| 2 | But they did not do much more than that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The pipes had frozen and the tiny electric fire did not do much good . |
| 8 | Increasing the cost of bricks , timber and glass did not do much to lift the housing standards of the poor . |
| 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 | Even British participation in the new South East Asian Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) , formed in September 1954 , did not do much to reassure Washington . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | TWO academics , who clearly did not do much of their research in the North-East , have written a book called Bad Language . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The pilot did not do much to soften the trip . |
| 15 | He did not do that any more . |
| 16 | The nursing staff definitely did not do that . |
| 17 | ‘ She did not do that , Headmistress ! ’ |
| 18 | You simply did not do that sort of thing to men like Luke Denner ! |
| 19 | Women did not do that kind of thing , even in cosmopolitan Cairo . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | But er it did not do bad , got a fair good picture with it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is that if governments did not do this kind of thing the probability of their interfering in the workings of the market economy would a that much greater . |
| 29 | But Jim did not do this . |
| 30 | These , in themselves , do not do much harm , but in unpainted ply they form little traps for moisture and bacteria and so lead to trouble . |