Example sentences of "not do [pron] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only could I not do it but the effort was so excruciating that I opened my mouth to scream and could n't breathe enough for that either . |
| 2 | ‘ I should then be learning my lines but I ca n't do anything before the kids get to bed . |
| 3 | I sent , I wrote off to Friends of the Earth , I got a load of information all about the law and she still phones me up and say oh you know what the District Council 's they wo n't do anything and the N R A was n't doing anything . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't do anything if the team does n't do things for me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Call yourself Mamur Zapt and you ca n't do anything when the woman you claim you love pleads to you for justice ? ’ |
| 6 | Anyway we went up there but we could n't do anything because the ground had taken fire do you see , all this peat . |
| 7 | I 've got to phone up Sunday I 'll say he ca n't do it until the spring cos dad 's got he suffers with his chest . |
| 8 | But erm what I am going to do but I ca n't do it until the spring erm at least until erm has cut the grass for the first time |
| 9 | and he could n't do it and the worse thing was everybody in the pool had gone go on |
| 10 | Among the more imaginative excuses were ‘ I could n't do it because the dog was pining , ’ ‘ the file fell in the bin and the cleaners came ’ and ‘ my wife wanted to make love ’ , finanacial recruitment consultants Accountemps found . |
| 11 | Then er , you do n't do it whilst the boss is in the room , obviously . |