Example sentences of "[not/n't] do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to find a moment to squeeze in a bit of rest at the sauna , something she could not do during the week ; in the late afternoon , she would always find herself with a vacuum cleaner and duster , because the cleaning woman who came on Fridays was becoming more and more careless . |
| 2 | They can not do without the people on the floor — the athletes . ’ |
| 3 | One will not do without the other . |
| 4 | These groups , like all élites , have no previous perception of themselves as belonging to the troublesome classes , and it does not do for the police to remind them that the application of control can be redirected depending on who is defining the ‘ illegalities ’ . |
| 5 | At one level , June Braithwaite attacked Robert about the time he spent away from home and what he did and did not do for the children . |
| 6 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 7 | The emotional response in a game , play and in drama is a response to an abstraction , to a ‘ bracketing-off ’ from living , and it can be just as intense — possibly even more intense for , knowing it is a second-order experience , one can ‘ release ’ one 's grieving , for example , in a way one would not do in the actual event . |
| 8 | ‘ Is there much you would n't do for the $ 87,000 worth of merchandise you have there ? ’ |
| 9 | Erm , I mean I think if we 're wishing to analyse the application , I I think we must consider what it does n't do for the village , and I think there are a number of aspects that have to be considered , erm , first of all as a village , and I 've heard in this very Parish Council that the reputed view made that there is a need for small village accommodation , this development certainly does not provide that , we 've also expressed a view that it would be nice to retain the existing bungalow , because that is small village accommodation , and although it only has a very limited history , again it would be nice to retain it as an integral part of the village . |
| 10 | ‘ Could n't do without the fish and chips , ’ Maggie agreed . |
| 11 | I would n't do without the doorstep delivery . |
| 12 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places |