Example sentences of "do not [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , if you would please Do n't eat them all Daddy wants some .
2 I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much .
3 You see you do n't hear them any more .
4 Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river .
5 The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future .
6 The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her .
7 It is since clear that Lord Salisbury did not give his own views .
8 Althusser suggests that although Marxist history is defined as a theory of the modes of production , Marx did not give us any theory of how the transition was effected from one mode of production to another , nor of how each mode of production was constituted .
9 Father cared , but he did not give us enough time and attention .
10 The song did not want its own mouth
11 At the first of these , according to Henry Sherek , he announced to the actors ( among whom were Alec Guinness and Irene Worth ) , " I will now read the play to you to show how I want my lines spoken " : as a poet , he did not want his own " voice " to be lost .
12 He did not want his own country to lose its identity in a supranational body .
13 St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her .
14 Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer .
15 But it did not make him more in charity with Chips Salter .
16 Here was a TV station which did not make its own programmes but , instead , contracted with independent producers — who did not operate from studios in the traditional sense .
17 The undertaker was a coffin-maker and performer of funerals , whereas the funeral furnisher did not make his own coffins , but bought them in ready-made , dressed them and in addition performed the funeral .
18 But that did not make it any easier to break the news .
19 The news of the morning broadcast had brought them all to this place , anticipating something like what they were now hearing , which did not make it any better .
20 The mission was so secret that Yoshida , who was Foreign Minister in addition to Prime Minister , did not inform his own officials of the aims of the mission .
21 It was not a through-road for Saxon or medieval traffic ; it did not come into existence as a boundary ; it was not originally a drove-road , for cattle-drovers took over existing tracks and lanes and did not create their own except in special circumstances .
22 She said nothing , but she met his gaze fully and did not veil her own .
23 I did not watch him all the way but looked for another target .
24 She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness .
25 Their campaign , while never likely to overhaul the incumbent , was affected by the withdrawal of Richard Denton-White — the new candidate was only chosen in February and this , the party felt , did not leave her enough time to build up a significant level of ‘ voter-familiarity ’ .
26 It need hardly be said that the industrialist of the steam age did not build his own house near the works , as the country factory owners had done .
27 But I would not be true to myself if I did not record my own thanks to all who serve on the Board for their hard and devoted work and at this time , to take a moment to thank the retiring vice convenor Bill for his work , his prayers , his support , his wisdom and his fellowship over the many years that he and I have served together .
28 She did not tell me that .
29 He was , however , extremely discreet and did not tell us any results of the Cabinet soundings in detail .
30 And we have it on the authority of those sitting near her that she did not drink it that evening . ’
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