Example sentences of "not [vb infin] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE owner of a Newtownards pub targeted by loyalist bombers because it hosted folk music sessions has vowed that he will not give in to terrorist threats . |
| 2 | Pub owner vows he will not give in to threats |
| 3 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
| 4 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |
| 5 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 6 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
| 7 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
| 8 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 9 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 10 | Housing benefit will not come in on top of the rates . |
| 11 | This year 's battle of the budget is generating more anguish than any for years , John Major 's cabinet now realize what a parliamentary mess December might turn into with week-long debates on both the Queen 's speech and the budget to pack in , and worse to come in the spring , a budget combining taxes with public spending seemed a good idea at the time Norman Lamont announced it , but with November the thirtieth just a month away the political down-side is appearing , of course with a fifty billion pound deficit in the Government 's accounts this years spending round would have been hard pounding anyhow , but the usual noisy haggle over the available cash among departments is now amplified by posses of Tory backbenchers trying to head off this or that tax increase , and there 's an incentive to keep that up right through the finance bill after Christmas , since most new taxes would not come in until April . |
| 12 | Why not pop in for lunch ? |
| 13 | ‘ I said it was terrible , to ruin one of Lehar 's most wonderful love songs like that , and Ingrid , he made it quite plain that if I did n't fall in with Therese 's wishes — exactly — I would be thrown out of the company . ’ |
| 14 | Do n't give in to tears and special pleadings . |
| 15 | One must n't give in to pessimism , and it 's pointless to look too far ahead , but in a couple of years she wo n't even be legal . |
| 16 | Must n't give in to vandals , must we ? |
| 17 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 18 | She could n't give in to intimidation . |
| 19 | Of course Mr Brooke and the others at the Northern Ireland Office wo n't give in to terrorism . |
| 20 | Do n't give in to comments such as ‘ You are very choosy ’ , or are ‘ always turning down work ’ , or even ‘ Do you really want to work ? ’ . |
| 21 | Please be strong tonight — do n't give in to temptation . |
| 22 | and then , the ceiling turns into a sky , and then a , this sort of head and shoulders of a woman er , compassionate woman , an arm reaches through , and a , and a face comes , and er , she says , erm er , and it says , my child do n't give in to temptation . |
| 23 | But this was the real world , and young women like Shelley just did n't fit in with men like Miguelito . |
| 24 | What you 've done wo n't sink in for ages , but you wo n't want to get off that horse . ’ |
| 25 | She did n't respond in like manner but said , ‘ She 's got a month . ’ |
| 26 | Worse , he did n't call in on schools . |
| 27 | I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me . |
| 28 | And we do n't go in for naughtiness . |
| 29 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
| 30 | Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer . |