Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message of de Gaulle the politician was that national renewal did not have to succeed national disaster ; it could be achieved through a reform in the organization of the French state . |
| 2 | Hewart had held both Law Officer positions in the post-war Liberal Government ( although it should be said that his arguments in The New Despotism did not seem to trouble him much in that capacity ) and Marriott , an Oxford academic , also become a prominent Conservative MP . |
| 3 | Despite the foundation of the small national Independent Labour Party in 1893 , Labour did not appear to present an irresistible threat . |
| 4 | At Friends of the Earth , Jonathan Porritt similarly fought a long and largely successful battle to demonstrate that efficiency and negotiation with the opposition do n't have to mean sell-out . |
| 5 | The Opposition do not like to draw attention to that , but the Government are very proud of having created so many new owner-occupiers . |
| 6 | Also the Opposition did not want to waste time on such minutiae , preferring to tackle the government on wider issues arising from the conduct of foreign or domestic policy . |
| 7 | For the benefit of Mr. Ian Aitken and The Guardian , and others , our objection was not to the social charter which was , of course , not even under discussion at Maastricht — although the Leader of the Opposition did not seem to know that . |
| 8 | Bonanza did n't want to waste time arguing about payment in an emergency . ’ |
| 9 | Now , ’ he waved a fork at me , ‘ if the guy was spending more money than Bonanza expected and Bonanza did n't seem to mind what 's the obvious thing ? ’ |
| 10 | I found cranking the boat over on its side did not help to turn it ( in the opposite direction ) as much as I would expect in a sea kayak . |
| 11 | Er , particularly since it was only half right , or you could n't exactly tell which half , not very clearly , so if it 's half by Freud , and er , it was a book erm , on erm , a controversial figure arguing over very controversial pieces , and I think the psychoanalytic study did n't want to have anything to do with it , and er , er , one of the reviews of the psychoanalytic journal that said that this is the kind of book that gets psychoanalysis a bad name . |
| 12 | The pyocyanases and the penicillia did not appear to harm patients , but they were too difficult to extract and too unstable to be useful . |
| 13 | In that case the union had negotiated a favourable package for those employees whom the transferee did not want to take on and who , it was agreed , should remain with the transferor . |
| 14 | Dot did n't want to hurt its face so she placed her knees carefully to one side of the lamb so that they pressed into the sewn field of flowers on the edge . |
| 15 | Dot did n't want to forget all about it . |
| 16 | Dot did n't want to have to go away somewhere . |
| 17 | Dot did n't like watching that two-fingered hand as it grasped the knife to cut the dumplings . |
| 18 | Therefore in practice from 1948 to 1975 the revenue did not seek to extract tax on the basis of the average cost to the employer of providing in-house benefits . |
| 19 | By contrast the single malignant polyp identified as expressing a mutant type p53 protein did not seem to contain a mutation at codon 12 of the K-ras gene , although obviously we can not current exclude the presence of codon 13 or 61 mutations . |
| 20 | ‘ It was afterwards discovered that the young Maltese soldier was on his first night as a sentry , with instructions to stop any passing car with his lamp and if the car did n't stop to fire his rifle over the top of it . |
| 21 | Olszewski was cited as saying that the new coalition did not want to overthrow the authorities and was not oriented towards a putsch . |
| 22 | Olszewski was cited as saying that the new coalition did not want to overthrow the authorities and was not oriented towards a putsch . |
| 23 | Benny said she did n't want anyone they did n't know , and it was with some relief that they heard the niece Clodagh did n't want to go amongst strangers either . |
| 24 | The President did n't bother to look up . |
| 25 | Light did not seem to do this and so , according to Newton and many others , must be made of particles ( because two light particles could never add up to give zero , or darkness ) . |
| 26 | Although respect for the bear did not preclude killing it , due apology had to be made , and strict rules governed the disposal of its carcass . |
| 27 | The mermaid did indeed return to claim Lutey and it is said that every nine years hence , one of his descendants is lost at sea . |
| 28 | The Home Secretary is promoting his Bill by saying that people who are fleeing from political or social oppression do not deserve to come here and do not deserve political asylum . |
| 29 | The action did n't seem to stop the room from spinning . |
| 30 | Although the forecast wind did not materialise to assist in drying out the field , a further six aircraft were ferried to Abbotsinch on April 9 . |