Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | teams know what it is like to play in a school for educationally sub-normal children who can not ( or do not want to ) distinguish between the ‘ baddy ’ character and the actor — who finds himself molested as he retreats to his car after the show ! |
| 2 | The sociological implications of this view , that racism produces ethnic disadvantage , are that attention should focus on the history and mode of operation of racism rather than the ways in which ethnic minorities do or do not adapt to British society . |
| 3 | Some folk use machine knitting because they can not , or do not wish to , hand knit . |
| 4 | The faster fitness style and stamina section featured will appeal to many younger people , and videos of this type are very popular with those who can not , or do not wish to , go to a regular class . |
| 5 | If good faith requires only that the holder have no actual notice that the goods have not been shipped or do not correspond to the bill of lading description , the holder does not have to prove that it give value or consideration , as it must under the Pomerene Act . |
| 6 | I think of my role as trying to guide them with the interface of the business side , the bits that they might not be interested in or do n't want to be involved in . |
| 7 | Or do n't want to . ’ |
| 8 | If you ca n't — or do n't want to — breastfeed , why does it seem that the whole world is out to make you feel guilty ? |
| 9 | On a local level it 's quite hard to distinguish ratings , but there is a certain folklore and sometimes it 's an information that comes out as to whether people to listen to things or do n't listen to things . |
| 10 | Training logs are one of those things you simply do or do n't take to . |
| 11 | If they felt they could not follow the diet or did n't want to be committed I asked them to please return all the papers , and about seventy of them did just that . |
| 12 | He pretended he did n't know me or did n't want to . |
| 13 | It took the head of household — the husband , usually — to be the tax payer and assumed that wives , for example , were somehow uninterested in the tax bill or did not contribute to it . |
| 14 | Somehow I felt I could not , or did not want to , explain about Miss Havisham and her strange house . |
| 15 | It seemed as if Walterkin 's request for more information had become a subliminal trigger which Lucien could not , or did not want to , ignore . |
| 16 | ‘ Rock should not , or does n't intend to , appeal to the intelligentsia , because your balls have nothing to do with your brains . |
| 17 | Trollope portrays her as someone who knows she is cynical and too worldly , but knows she can not , or does not want to , do anything about it . |
| 18 | Nevertheless the degree to which custom , as directly observed , conforms or does not conform to a predetermined stereotype needs to be looked at very carefully . |
| 19 | ( c ) You may find that Halliday 's model of thematic analysis does not apply to your language at all or does not apply to some of its sentence patterns . |
| 20 | The difficulty arises when it is uncertain whether or not the competent adult ( as I call her for brevity ) does or does not consent to the proposed treatment . |
| 21 | There is , I think , no material distinction between interpreting the law for the purposes of applying it , having due regard to article 10 , and interpreting the law for the purposes of deciding , when the point has not been finally decided by the courts , whether the law does or does not provide to a local government authority the right to sue for libel . |
| 22 | ‘ I really do n't much care , ’ she snapped , ‘ about what appeals or does not appeal to that obnoxious mire you call a mind . |
| 23 | If the ‘ reluctant ’ learner can be introduced to the library — to see a video or hear some music — he or she may be encouraged by the absence of school pressures and associations of poor performance , and by the interest of an adult who is not , nor does not appear to be , part of the school teaching/discipline system . |
| 24 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 25 | I 'm going out to look at a pony , and do n't forget to double-lock Wayne 's door . ’ |
| 26 | And do n't talk to the trees , hugging them is better for you . |
| 27 | It 's alright for you to lie to us as many times as you want but when we 'd asked you once you get in a mood and walk off and do n't talk to us . |
| 28 | Shirley said and do n't stay to the end . |
| 29 | Stay at home and do n't go to the Opera House . |
| 30 | Children start the day in a more relaxed way and do n't go to assembly ; they have larger toys ( Duplo rather than Lego ) ; and some of the tables and chairs have been removed to make more room . |