Example sentences of "[det] and [vb base] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many , many , of course , recognise this and do not show their gratitude with gifts , much and all as the staff might greatly be surprised by it . |
| 2 | Usually they really believe this and do not accept that they have made a mistake . |
| 3 | If you know them very , very well and they criticise you and they say , do this and do n't do that , they can really help you . |
| 4 | I think you should wait for that and do n't make any presumptions about the future of the runway . |
| 5 | I 'm still let us hope that and do n't forget who 's taking you home |
| 6 | I mean , tell them about natural selection and all that and do n't mention God . |
| 7 | Now after the changes if you do that and do n't produce the ball then you lose possession . |
| 8 | But it was true , what Jim said , in business you ca n't stand still , you go up or you go down , you ca n't just sit comfortably in your own 1972 executive four-bedroomed plate-glass-windowed centrally heated wall-to-wall-carpeted gadget-equipped house , with your Rover and your wife 's Mini in the two-car garage , and your pot plants in your loggia , and your electric lawn mower in the shed : you ca n't sit still and enjoy it , you ca n't call it a day and call a halt when you own it all and do n't owe anyone a penny , you have to go on and on , relentlessly onwards , juggling with larger and larger sums , owing more , paying out more , until finally perhaps the whole thing comes tumbling round your head like a pack of cards . |
| 9 | Do n't eat or drink too many and do n't snack on them during the day . |
| 10 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 11 | Textbooks have a register of their own and do not provide a suitable model for imitating in your essay-writing . |