Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] not take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ranulf and the lay brother were left behind as Thomas explained that the Picti were secretive people , hostile to those races who had pushed them from their lands and so did not take kindly to strangers . |
| 2 | The pace of the programmes is such that careful checking and rechecking , practised by the investigative reporters of the Sunday ‘ heavies ’ , just does not take place . |
| 3 | Why should this be so and the rational processes just described not take prominence ? |
| 4 | Lowe was strenuously advised not to take the risk . |
| 5 | Lowe was strenuously advised not to take the risk of doing ‘ Wayne 's World ’ . |
| 6 | A second objection is that it still has not taken the point seriously enough about the rights of pupils to autonomy and freedom in reflectiveness and choice of commitment . |
| 7 | Third , when the provincial gentry still did not take up the cause of reform with alacrity the tsar bypassed them by appointing a majority of keen reformers to the Editing Commissions . |
| 8 | This requires the collection of much more experimental information so that the harmonic and anharmonic terms can be separated , and yet still does not take account of the anharmonic terms in the force field . |
| 9 | You are also told not to take the carriage too par past the knitting as this would alter the tension . |
| 10 | If we ca n't see a way to market it effectively then we would probably decide not to take it on . |
| 11 | Like many of the parents , Rita readily agrees with the professional maxim that ‘ It 's natural to feel shocked ’ , but she clearly does not take this to be some scientific and objective concomitant of the situation , something in her genes . |
| 12 | Many practices have so far opted not to take the inducements to fundhold , and some have invested a considerable amount of time and energy into alternative methods of organising general practitioners ' input into purchasing decisions . |
| 13 | Nu commented , ‘ The public got fed up with Communists ’ rowdyism. … press and public do not take the incident seriously' ; however , five days later all public services in Rangoon came to a standstill at AFPFL behest and most shops and bazaars were closed . |
| 14 | I do not think that it is necessary to refer to all of those provisions because they really do not take the matter any further . |
| 15 | The formulation of a decision was quite distinct from its implementation , which often did not take place until months or even years later . |
| 16 | He added that valuations so far appeared not to take into consideration the question of tied cottages leading to an enormous jump in the bills that estates and individuals were likely to face . |
| 17 | It should be noted that following transfer of ownership , the registration of the aircraft often does not take place for some time afterwards . |
| 18 | He sat among the plump cushions of the settee and immediately regretted not taking his coat off . |
| 19 | It was still expensive , but he could n't afford not to take it . |
| 20 | A Masai who acquitted himself well in hand-to-hand fighting in Burma during the Second World War was allowed to keep the samurai sword he captured : ‘ Please do not take this sword away from this soldier ’ , the man 's commanding officer wrote on the wound tag around his neck , ‘ He is a Masai . ’ |
| 21 | Please do not take up vital communication power at this point . ’ |
| 22 | No , please do not take your hand away . |
| 23 | In capital letters at the bottom are the words , PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY . |
| 24 | Please do not take it as an example that you may all leap to your feed to make your bids . |
| 25 | The daughter 's second interview unfortunately did not take place until shortly after her mother had been admitted to long-stay care but it illustrates well the mixture of feelings which can be expressed . |
| 26 | If , however , we take The Politics ofthe Developing Areas as a classic of functionalist politics , we find that the statements on bureaucracy in the area studies presented there do not take us as far forward as the theoretical scheme promises . |
| 27 | MORE THAN two million Britons living abroad have not taken the opportunity to vote in this election . |
| 28 | But that wedding evidently did not take place , and in December 1753 it was Ann Bowden whom he rushed to the altar in Exeter , his bride being already heavily pregnant with the first of their many offspring . |
| 29 | Below : One of twenty-five cars decorated for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in June 1902 , which sadly did not take place owing to the King 's illness . |
| 30 | The research however does not take into account the readers ' literary competence and the analysis of the responses tends to be rather impressionistic . |