Example sentences of "[vb mod] not do the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
| 2 | WHO SHOULD NOT DO THE DIET |
| 3 | He had reason to believe , he said , that the Normans in Herefordshire had made good use of the Roman building-materials ready to hand , and there was no reason why others should not do the same . |
| 4 | Officials in charge of the roads in California and Texas say the material , called epoflex , is difficult to apply and may not do the job intended . |
| 5 | Before the elections of 1964 , 1966 , and 1970 , real personal disposable income was rising at more than double its normal rate of growth — so supporting the political business cycle thesis , but Alt suggests that these " short pre-election spurts may not do the government of the day all that much good , and there is no evidence that they do ( at least if short-term enough ) the economy any particular harm " . |
| 6 | to the third year and I might not do the fourth year . |
| 7 | We could not do the trip in and out of the town in time to catch the last plane that evening , so we were condemned to this place and an early flight . |
| 8 | If the army could not do the job unaided twenty years ago , it is even less likely to get involved now . |
| 9 | If the army could not do the job unaided twenty years ago , it is even less likely to get involved now . |
| 10 | Birch fails to convince me that a more traditional theology could not do the job . |
| 11 | Second , it was in the economic interests of the colonial ( and home ) administrations to persuade or force the cultivator to grow produce for the market either because it increased the cultivator 's taxability and therefore he/she could contribute to the infrastructural administrative and policing costs of the colony ; or , where settlers would or could not do the job , it would provide a source of cheap food for the mining workers , particularly in southern Africa . |
| 12 | Unfortunately he could not do the same at Newcastle in the FA Cup and , although he got leave of absence from school for the match , we were unable to prevent the Geordies from avenging their 1907 defeat . |
| 13 | That way , I figured , I could n't do the work . |
| 14 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 15 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 16 | I could n't do the job myself ! |
| 17 | No one in racing is above ringing round for spare rides ; one great jump jockey was nicknamed ‘ Ting-a-Ling ’ because of his speed and skill in contacting trainers whose jockeys were injured or could n't do the weight or were simply out of favour . |
| 18 | Other carers are deterred by the Down 's syndrome person 's physical inability to make the mark , rather than by the lack of understanding : ‘ He knows what he likes but he could n't do the cross . |
| 19 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 20 | He could n't do the job , he knew it and his father-in-law knew it , but it was all part of the grand master plan : How To Keep Your Daughter At Home . |
| 21 | I could n't do the Forties bit at all , padded shoulders and crêpy things , ugh , and pageboys — I think it must have been purely Oedipal , those were my parents ' things , dammit , what I was getting away from . |
| 22 | You could n't do the DOPACS could you ? |
| 23 | I could n't do the old one now . |
| 24 | The wind was only slightly stronger and the reservoir a little choppier , but most of the others were out already and managing fine , so I saw no reason why we could n't do the same . |
| 25 | in case I could n't do the job |
| 26 | They could n't do the splits . |
| 27 | He could n't do the last thing cos |
| 28 | I mean I keep on saying if I found I could n't do the maths I 'd ditched |
| 29 | We could n't do the likes of , we could n't invite Glyndebourne in or the Welsh National Opera because we just could not have that scale of operation on . |
| 30 | The Feldwebel drank his soup straight out of the bowl and baited the mousy man because he would n't do the same . |