Example sentences of "[not/n't] do [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put may of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 2 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put many of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 3 | Some 14 per cent of the 1980 GHS sample aged over 65 could not do their shopping themselves and 28 per cent could not cut their own toe-nails ( OPCS 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Viewed structurally and organically , it is the firing line manager in whom all authority and responsibility centre ; only what he can not do himself passes up to higher management ’ . |
| 5 | do the Biro not do it using actors now then as well ? |
| 6 | What it does not do it provide the user with any way of removing any viruses found . |
| 7 | But the clerk did not do anything to see that she read the letter and she did not read it . |
| 8 | Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain . |
| 9 | It said nothing about educational or cultural co-operation , it did not do anything to bring EMU nearer ( that was left to the Delors Plan ) and it effectively left foreign policy co-operation in government hands . |
| 10 | We must not do anything to discourage people from taking on that caring role . |
| 11 | It is quite reasonable for a purchaser to assume that a vendor who sells land for a particular purpose will not do anything to prevent its being used for that purpose , but it would be utterly unreasonable to assume that the vendor was undertaking restrictive obligations which would prevent his using land retained by him for any lawful purpose whatsoever … |
| 12 | If this is not done I do n't think there will be any credibility left for any of us in the international community or in the United Nations . ’ |
| 13 | I have not done anything to earn it , but God has given me the Spirit and accepted me into his family ; and he means me to know that I belong . ’ |
| 14 | I 've not done anything have I ? |
| 15 | Nobody could believe that the Government do anything for the British coal industry because they are absent from the debate and have not done anything to help our plight . |
| 16 | Example 1:1 Definitions clause for business lease ( 1 ) The following definitions apply : " Act " means an Act of Parliament whenever passed and a reference to a specific Act includes any legislation amending or replacing it or made under it " Approved " means approved in writing by the Landlord " Consent " means the Landlord 's written consent " Insured Risks " means the risks covered by the policy of insurance arranged by the Landlord to include ( subject to cover being available on reasonable terms ) loss or damage by fire storm tempest flood earthquake aircraft and articles dropped from them riot or civil commotion malicious damage impact bursting and overflowing of pipes tanks and other apparatus and any other risks insured against by the Landlord " Landlord " includes the successors in title of the original landlord and where there is a superior landlord includes him as well " Last Year " means the period of twelve months ending on the Termination of the Term " Legislation " means any regulation or directive of the European Community , any Act and any subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of them " Notice " means written notice " Tenant " includes the successors in title of the original tenant " Term " includes both the term expressly granted by this Lease and also any statutory continuation of it " Termination of the Term " includes termination by effluxion of time , notice , forfeiture , surrender , disclaimer or any other means ( 2 ) Where a party consists of two or more persons the obligations of that party are joint and several ( 3 ) Any covenant by the tenant not to do something includes a covenant not to permit or suffer that thing to be done ( 4 ) All payments to be made by the tenant are exclusive of VAT |
| 17 | ‘ And if you promise just one more thing — not to do anything to hurt the man I can never leave . ’ |
| 18 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
| 19 | The lesson of the porcupine quills ( and for an actual example of how not to do it read my Zen There was Murder , if after all these years you can find a copy ) is that any part of your book that you do not directly present to the reader ought to be thought out in imaginative terms , just as thoroughly as you have used your imagination to make whatever you have written fully credible . |
| 20 | I was too naive not to do you see . |
| 21 | We 're not doing it to compensate Social Services |
| 22 | But they were not doing it to supply the world 's newspapers and magazines with better pictures . |
| 23 | He had meant to point out to John le Grant that they had both engaged in extremely rough play at Trebizond , and if he chose to carry out another war contract , he was not doing it blindfold . |
| 24 | Only Nina 's friend , Anne , stayed out of the game , and she was not doing anything to stop it . |
| 25 | It was the fact that Emma had accused her of not doing anything to prevent her being molested . |
| 26 | It has gone up by four , five and 10 times as much among our competitors , and the right hon. Gentleman is still not doing anything to bring Britain out of recession , to give us recovery . |
| 27 | So I ca n't see that it 's justified you keep letting your best players go people do get illusioned and people are n't fools , they 're gon na stop away are n't they if they thinking they 're not doing anything to get going anywhere . |
| 28 | He says good manners are self-respect and respect for others , and not doing anything to offend other people . |
| 29 | Not do you want to see then ? |
| 30 | If not do you have any suggestions ? |