Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not stop using the telephone altogether , it is important that you maintain social contacts , but how about occasionally writing a letter instead ? |
| 2 | At this time I do not intend relinquishing the deal . |
| 3 | Love 'n' Couples do not intend extending the arm of friendship too far in the $1.1 million Philip-Morris sponsored tournament at La Moraleja today . |
| 4 | While I do not regret spending the time with my children in their early years , I feel that the medical world is not the place for people trying to combine a family and career . ’ |
| 5 | Laczko and Phillipson do not suggest following the course taken by the United States and introducing an Age Discrimination in Employment Act , but they are convinced that it is important to press for legislation as well as seeking to improve the attitudes of employers . |
| 6 | The authors of the paper do not suggest ignoring the age of the patient , quite the reverse : ‘ criteria appropriate for younger patients may not be suitable in the elderly , for whom effective stabilisation of disease , a partial remission , or a complete remission of short duration may be sufficient to achieve worthwhile prolongation of life with an acceptable quality of life . ’ |
| 7 | I do not remember hearing the Cecilian Ode in this form before , and have to say that some of its sparkle goes with , first , the filling out of the music 's original crystal-clear textures , and second , the breaking of the marvellous marriage between Dryden 's words and Handel 's poetic setting ( for the work is , of course , done here in ‘ authentic ’ German ) . |
| 8 | Canes which support tall plants should have a cover over the exposed end , so that they are clearly visible and do not risk poking the patient in the eye when he bends over , or if he slips . |
| 9 | A suggestive picture of how it works can be pieced together , as long as you do not mind taking the pieces from different studies of different drugs : work on cocaine by Nora Volcow at Brookhaven National Laboratory , among others ; on cocaine and amphetamines by Bruce Cohen of McLean Hospital in Boston ; on heroin by Zvi Vogel at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot in Israel and Anton Shofelmeer at the Free University in Amsterdam ; and on benzodiazepines ( such as Valium ) by Erick Sigel at the University of Berne . |
| 10 | It was n't at all what Luce had expected , and , seeing her puzzled frown , he said hastily , apologetically , ‘ I hope you do not mind using the rear entrance , but I needed to go this way to get to my next appointment . ’ |
| 11 | Not all of us like using woodworking machines , and do not mind spending the extra time achieving results which may be less perfect and mechanical-looking . |
| 12 | We do not envisage using the TA to respond immediately to outrages in Northern Ireland or to make it the first wave of our assault for the repossession of Kuwait . |
| 13 | This means that many of these people do not envisage spending the whole of their working life climbing the internal labour ladder of a single organisation . |
| 14 | I do not like using the telephone at the best of times and was never very fond of small-talk , that tedious lubricant for rusty little minds . |
| 15 | Spokesman John Dunwell said : ‘ Our premises in Zetland Road are just round the corner from from the town 's red light district and some of our members do not like using the building because of the district 's association with prostitution . |
| 16 | Do n't go eating the yew tree , either . " |
| 17 | Do n't go slanging the recruiter right . |
| 18 | I do n't think getting the Labour party to resolve for unilateral disarmament changes anything … they just wo n't put it into practice they ca n't … you look at the record of governments there 's no way they can stop defending us |
| 19 | But you see , like a poker player who 's losing , I do n't think shuffling the pack around is going to help her . |
| 20 | I do n't think marrying the husband 's gon na do much good . |
| 21 | I do n't regret bringing the case at all . ’ |
| 22 | If you do n't fancy knitting the entire motifs in lurex , then try knitting it or them in a plain colour and combine a fine lurex thread with the background colour . |
| 23 | You do n't fancy doing the 1st div as well do you ? ? ? |
| 24 | Is the top , I mean I broke , had to get in my own house when I locked myself out once when I 'd been in the garden and I , I just got in by leaning through the top window and opening the bottom window , so now I always lock the bottom windows , I do n't bother locking the top one I open it |
| 25 | Do n't bother putting the ball in the next bag , in bag B. |
| 26 | The NCC rounds off its booklet with a list of 10 guidelines for course developers : survey the site , evaluate it , defuse any local notions that golf is anti-conservation , allow plenty of room in the design , avoid sensitive areas in the lay-out , take care of drainage sites , do n't bother designing the rough at the start ( it 'll become clear anyway ) , plant native species , manage the land sympathetically , and keep people educated about what you 're doing . |
| 27 | well I always keep it in the box so I do n't get mixed up then , I do n't start calling the mark three key board |
| 28 | " If we do n't start drying the hides now , dampness and the heat will destroy all our efforts within a few hours . " |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I did stay the night , but do n't start getting the wrong idea . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't start banging the — ’ I said , not really into the mouthpiece . |