Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It bears the words : ‘ Keep Hold of Instruction : Do Not Let Go . |
| 2 | All over Europe homosexuals are on the retreat from public activity : it is important that homosexual women and men do not let go of their responsibility for their own lives , as is now the case in England . |
| 3 | The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself . |
| 4 | In its ruling , however , the IWT also drew attention to the issue of energy use per se : " ( Environmental ) procedures and the generation of ever more information on impacts do not help avoid the essential issue that industrialized countries should reduce their wasteful energy consumption , rather than enlarging the capacity to create energy " . |
| 5 | I do not dare open the blinds . |
| 6 | Consequently we do not dare assume that our partner will share our expectations in each situation . |
| 7 | As Whately Cook Taylor put it in 1874 , ‘ Hitherto , whatever the laws have touched , they have not dared invade the sacred precinct ’ , and such reluctance dictated the hesitations over passing the incest law until 1908 . |