Example sentences of "you do not [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm what thin would you like to do more fractions , more counting or you you think whatever it is that you 'd like to do more of or is there anything you think we do too much of and we do n't you do n't want to do as much . |
| 2 | She began to speak , but he said , with a shrug , ‘ I can see you do n't want to get too involved , so perhaps we 'd better forget it . ’ |
| 3 | Possibly this made you uneasy , or possibly , with the storm blowing up , you did not want to take your boat across to the mainland again , so you decided to let things alone , and not risk taking any stolen goods on board . |
| 4 | They then , after a bit ( the boy had disappeared , the sewer gurgled empty ) moved to the end wall over the river : you did not want to miss , not now , that small boy , he had been carried out , floating face-up , his opened eyes to the burning sun in the tar of the hard still river . |
| 5 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 6 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 7 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you did not mean to sound so naive , Rober' . |
| 9 | Always analyse how you could have improved your approach and landing and why you did not manage to touch down nearer to the spot . |
| 10 | ‘ You did not speak to give offence , Khan . ’ |
| 11 | generally speaking the nation had good ears , they knew what was what and they listened quite well , hear you deaf ones he 's describing them and look forth to see you blind once verse twenty it was a case of seeing many things , but you did not cheat watching and Daniel , verse twenty five , look it says there a little phrase near , half way through that he took no note , the nation took no note of what was happening at that time , but we know what happened to them , many of them , thousands , a million of them lost their lives did n't they ? |
| 12 | A male teacher can antagonize you , attract you , provoke you into working harder , and make you aware of aspects of yourself that you did not know existed ; if these have potential , a man can apply a useful sort of pressure to make you develop them . |
| 13 | You did not fly to fight , but to kill . |
| 14 | ‘ When you did not come to see him I made myself a vow that you would face reality and not some story that has been hammered into you since childhood . |
| 15 | Shall I tell her that you did not come running to me , that instead you melted in my arms after looking at me since I came today with large , yearning eyes ? |
| 16 | I carried on at the same point in the book and you did not seem to notice . |
| 17 | ‘ Surprisingly enough , you did not seem to remember . ’ |
| 18 | During the sittings , he was always in good spirits ; and as long as you did not try to glimpse what he was putting up on the canvas , he would dilate on any subject that took his fancy . |
| 19 | ‘ Now that we are private , ’ he said , looking her in the eyes , ‘ you may speak out openly what for some reason you did not wish to speak out before the prince . |
| 20 | IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay . |
| 21 | When the front wheels were no longer capable of pointing in the desired direction of travel , it would launch into a gentle semi-spin if you did not act to salvage the situation . |
| 22 | ‘ You did not have to go into partnership with the fool . ’ |
| 23 | Come to think of it , you did not have to look far . |
| 24 | You did not have to rush and worry that it would have disappeared by the time you caught up with it . |
| 25 | The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . " |
| 26 | you did n't mean to do that , it just happened |
| 27 | and you did n't mean to do it Cliff meant to mess about and make out he 's gon na knock his coat over like that |
| 28 | Now would you feel if people ran away from you when you did n't mean to hurt them ? ’ |
| 29 | Er may I also say , and I 'm sure you did n't mean to imply because I would certainly like to think we were super efficient . |
| 30 | No wonder you did n't bother to ask us , you know what we 'd have said . |