Example sentences of "not go [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We drummed it in to all three of our children not to go off with strangers and Johanna was sensible enough to listen , ’ said Robert . |
| 2 | Her early school reports were peppered with comments , complimentary or judgemental , depending on the teacher : ‘ Margaret has a very active imagination ’ , ‘ Margaret must learn not to go off into day-dreams ’ , ‘ Margaret does not yet seem to have learned the difference between fact and fiction ’ . |
| 3 | I reckon the nuns beat her you are not to go out with boys ! |
| 4 | Not going along with stories of depression or stress . |
| 5 | An additional factor arises when keys do not go up in ones , but in twos , threes , fives , tens or some other increment . |
| 6 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
| 7 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 10 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 11 | Remember that Labour and Liberal Democrats would not go back to rates — they want people to pay a double income tax — and Labour want a property tax as well . |
| 12 | Men like that did not go out with girls like herself . |
| 13 | It was held that the virtue had not gone out of films as films . |
| 14 | ‘ I was going to say if we carve notches on the Trees , at least we sha n't go round in circles , ’ said Floy , grinning . |
| 15 | Yes , look , we 'll do that , and then at least we sha n't go round in circles . ’ |
| 16 | I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me . |
| 17 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
| 18 | Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer . |
| 19 | We do n't go in for spirits though do we ? |
| 20 | We do n't go in for presents . |
| 21 | I do n't go in for numbers as names . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
| 23 | " We do n't go in for flowers , " said Clelia , displaying with a sweep of her arm the lower level , curiously cluttered with urns , a bench , a dislocated piece of mosaic resting on its end , and a functionless fountain . |
| 24 | You do n't go out for meals do you ? |
| 25 | so you do n't go out for drinks , ? |
| 26 | Now try your own : You ca n't go out with friends because of a commitment to your family : |
| 27 | Did I look so obviously the sort to get into trouble that I could n't go about with circles under my eyes , or telephone a doctor , or throw up once in a while , without everyone immediately jumping to a single conclusion ? |
| 28 | See , we do n't go about in cars , not up London . ’ |