Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do not want to just duplicate the work of other organisations , such as the Regular Forces Employment Agency , which has started to operate in the area . ’ |
| 2 | If you do not want to actually volunteer for a specific charity but would like to offer your services generally to whoever may need them , then phone the Volunteer Co-ordinator , who will match you up with all sorts of jobs . |
| 3 | One of the benefits of the ANLT 's morphological system is that it does not need to explicitly store all of the words it knows . |
| 4 | That man , for instance — ’ he pointed to the one with the stuffed crocodile on his head — ‘ he does not expect to actually sell the damned thing . |
| 5 | A police spokesman , Roger Busby , said yesterday : ‘ We are becoming increasingly frustrated that ideal weather conditions do not appear to ever occur . ’ |
| 6 | Some floatplanes evince slight directional indecisiveness because of reduced stability from the large side area of the forward-mounted floats , but this aeroplane did not appear to so suffer . |
| 7 | It will not do to simply write down the answers . |
| 8 | Vologsky did not hesitate to even consider the matter . |
| 9 | You do not have to immediately join a group — it may not be what you want anyway and there is more about different options later . |
| 10 | The teacher should not have to constantly check each group to avoid such a situation . |
| 11 | It is now possible to remove those fatty deposits that will not respond to either diet or exercise from areas such as under the chin , tummy , buttocks , thighs , calves , ankles and the male breast . |
| 12 | Even Lloyd George , whose origins were as lowly as Law 's had been , could not stoop to so humble a style , and only Stanley Baldwin ( who drew much of his inspiration from Law ) was able to do so successfully . |
| 13 | The browns had a grey tinge to them and the richness of the burr did not seem to properly come out . |
| 14 | Cyclo-oxygenase pathway does not seem to significantly contribute to chemiluminescence production by the inflamed mucosa . |
| 15 | In a recently published randomised trial of hand sewn ileoanal anastomosis with mucosectomy v stapled anastomosis without mucosectomy , although the maximum resting anal pressure was significantly decreased after sutured endoanal ileoanal anastomosis when compared with a stapled anastomosis , this did not seem to adversely influence the functional outcome . |
| 16 | Hannele did not , she did not care to even hide it . |
| 17 | Do n't keep telling me I do n't want to fucking know |
| 18 | expected over the next four months it 's nevertheless from a reasonably high level because it 's done well so far erm and I would n't want to over stress the sense in which Wales is perhaps not doing as well as the others . |
| 19 | I do n't want to even think about the two mistakes I made at Wembley the last time against Spurs . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You are everything I want and need , you fulfil my every fantasy , and I do n't want to even think of life without you . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I was prepared to set aside time at a future meeting for full discussion , but the clubs felt they did n't want to even talk about the issue any further . |
| 22 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 23 | On the other hand , I would n't want to just copy someone . |
| 24 | If you do n't want to just leave it and I just |
| 25 | I did n't want to just sit and |
| 26 | ‘ They did n't want to just kill me … |
| 27 | ‘ I mean , Delia , we 've had such a long association and a successful one , I 'd like to think , well , I do n't want to just lose touch . ’ |
| 28 | erm we do n't want to not get our tea and coffee |
| 29 | However , I would n't want to simply sit back on our achievement , because there 's no room for complacency . |
| 30 | I just do n't want to ever make any more mistakes again . |