Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 2 | ‘ True , we must not put them in more danger than is needful . |
| 3 | They 're also on sale at the chemist 's with other formula milks , but you should not give them to your child without talking to your doctor or health visitor first to see if they 're suitable . |
| 4 | But that should not stop them from checking all the same . |
| 5 | As a painting tutor , I was conscious that complete beginners may be a little overwhelmed by the sophistication of the written material — some of the thought and painting processes are quite advanced — but this should not prevent them from thoroughly enjoying this unique opportunity to ‘ look over the shoulder ’ of the experts . |
| 6 | The majority of people accept this because the state , by excluding these killings from the murder category , has signified its intention that we should not treat them as capital offenders . |
| 7 | Another reason that we should be against the Labour party is that we should not put them in a position to buck the trend . |
| 8 | They should not export them without first getting permission from the importer and making sure that the receiving country can dispose of them properly . |
| 9 | For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . |
| 10 | RIGHT Although dogs will often live peacefully with cats , you should not trust them with smaller pets such as rabbits , which are the natural quarry of many hounds . |
| 11 | Thus regions may make a case for transport links with the Tunnel on the grounds that current levels of business demand it , but may not request them as a necessary precondition to the creation of that demand . |
| 12 | Unless one presumed to know God 's purposes , how could one know that He might not achieve them by varying the quantity of motion ? |
| 13 | Parents may shun sport , but one could not accuse them of doing the same with education and , as Haringey 's Clarence Callynder pointed out : ‘ Some overdo it ; they push their kids too much at school . |
| 14 | He could not expect them to be warmed by the idea of daffodils coming up outside . |
| 15 | If she could not consume them at least she could hold them . |
| 16 | Their host , the Rev Kenneth MacAulay , great-uncle of Thomas Babington of that name , had sent a letter explaining that he could not meet them in Nairn : his priestly duties detained him in Cawdor — to which Boswell adds a footnote . |
| 17 | Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’ |
| 18 | He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand . |
| 19 | Before Jos could knock at the door , it was opened by a tiny old woman bent at such an angle that she could not see them without straightening up , her head cocked to one enquiring side . |
| 20 | The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either . |
| 21 | He could not put them to the Committee and I look forward to seeing whether they can be put forward tonight . |
| 22 | Elsewhere in his speech Gladstone specifically referred to the long runs of periodicals in the library as being of interest to him as he could not keep them in his own library . |
| 23 | Some were canonised and others — like Eckhart and Tauler — were hounded by the Church , but all were seen to be of enormous importance by their contemporaries , even by people who could not follow them into the inner world . |
| 24 | He disapproved of the casual obscenity of barrack-room conversation , but as he groped for words to express his triumphant passion , he found to his surprise that he could not say them to Bridget They would sound to her like a string of incoherent obscenities : — the Army and — second stag on East Wing Guard and — Sergeant Towser who cancelled his last leave pass and — the troop train back to Catterick on Sunday night and — the cold walk from the station to the camp and — the platform where he kissed Bridget good-bye at the end of leave and — the street corner where he had to run for his bus and — the Teddy-boy who had attacked her and — all the people and all the regulations and all the time-tables and all the clocks that had tried for so long to stop them from having this . |
| 25 | Being fascinated with the problems of developing highly professional staff , and having many years of experience in recruiting from almost every British campus , I could not accept them as good building stone and felt obliged to turn them down . |
| 26 | I certainly could not deprive them of that . |
| 27 | He could not trust them to the dairymaids , because if the cows were badly milked their milk would simply dry up . |
| 28 | Often they could not find them at all . |
| 29 | For example , a social worker felt that clients could speak more openly to him because they knew he could not recognise them in other contexts , and a counsellor reported that her clients would sometimes say that they could speak more openly knowing that she could not see them . |
| 30 | She saw them coming , yet knew she could not intercept them in time . |