Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun pl] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIVE schoolchildren in Japan were given 100-volt electric shocks for not bringing textbooks to class . |
| 2 | Nigel Jones , the MP for Cheltenham , says overcrowding is putting pressure on magistrates not to send offenders to prison . |
| 3 | In retrospect , perhaps his greatest mistake since the coup was not to call elections to parliament and guarantee himself a more liberal body . |
| 4 | When she and her husband Bob are not taking breaks to beauty spots such as their beloved Weymouth , Betty fills her time quilling . |
| 5 | The patient could not write non-words to dictation , spelled concrete nouns better than abstract nouns , and was poor at spelling function words . |
| 6 | Erm fluor fluoridation erm er this is a particular prob problem for many people who do n't like additives to water . |
| 7 | Perhaps they did n't take things to heart so much . |
| 8 | The Richardsons were n't sophisticated , did n't leave things to imagination . |
| 9 | Ca n't abide traitors to class or country . ’ |
| 10 | " Do n't add lies to horse-theft . |
| 11 | Then school started and I could n't wear pyamas to school so I wore my trousers and tops … when they saw them they ( the other wives ) said ‘ Oh ! that wo n't do ! |
| 12 | Subcultures , after all , do n't offer solutions to material problems . |