Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [pn reflx] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laissez-faire leader also made suggestions , but was more ‘ standoffish ’ and did not involve himself with the boy 's welfare , nor did he join in the group activities , so that the boys were effectively left to do what they wanted by themselves . |
| 2 | But so extreme was the sodomite 's construction that most of those actually engaging in ‘ homo/sexuality , did not identify themselves with it ; not only did they not have our modern categories , but the prevailing categories were so tar removed from how they saw themselves , that apparently the connection was not made . |
| 3 | Tarvaras was a quarantine world , cut off from contact with the rest of the universe by orbiting weapons platforms which were programmed to destroy any craft which did not identify itself with the appropriate recognition codes , and it had seemed unlikely that the civilian survey crew would be tempted to break the stringent regulations which applied to the situation . |
| 4 | Throughout his career , Gaunt was conspicuous for his loyalty to the king , and even when Richard II spurned that loyalty for a time , Gaunt did not associate himself with opposition to the court . |
| 5 | Until very recently the paediatricians did not concern themselves with pain as such but adopted the direct approach of seeking to locate diseased tissue and to restore that tissue . |
| 6 | The work of Piaget ( 1950 ) and Chomsky ( 1957 ) is essentially about thinking and language or psycholinguistics , but these authors did not concern themselves with the level of problem which arises when , for example , a physiologist and a psychologist attempt to exchange mutually supportive ideas . |
| 7 | He did not concern himself with the business of creating such a society , only with the description of what it ought to be like : the actual propositions in the book are not to be taken literally , in other words , since he was offering only the ideal model of a better civilization . |
| 8 | Generally , though , I did not concern myself with a batsman 's standing . |
| 9 | The problem with the old board was that it did not innovate and did not concern itself with exporting English hops . |
| 10 | A graduate of Exeter College , Oxford , Tolkien had read Classical Mods and then done a version of the English course which was rigidly philological , and did not concern itself with post-medieval literature . |
| 11 | All the world knows that the Mohammedans , following the example of their master , Mohammed , are very licentious ; wherefore the men among them do not content themselves with a few wives , but seek every method of gratifying themselves in this particular . |
| 12 | Even if the equation could be established , the beneficiaries are not the same or do not see themselves as the same : the patients paying two shillings for their bottles of medicine do not identify themselves with the patients admitted to hospital sooner or treated more efficiently . |
| 13 | You and your staff will maintain the well-established convention whereby ministers do not concern themselves with the detailed information which may be obtained by the Security Service in particular cases , but are furnished with such information only as may be necessary for the determination of any issue on which guidance is sought . |
| 14 | All this will be perfectly satisfactory to those who are willing to stop their analysis of conditioning at this level and who do not concern themselves with the detailed mechanisms that underlie the subject , s sensitivity to these various correlations . |
| 15 | Furthermore , the biographical material given by Ibn Hajar , only that the subject studied and preached in Damascus , is not mentioned in the Turkish sources , though , as has been seen , the latter do not concern themselves with Cemaleddin 's early life . |
| 16 | Finally , do not concern yourself with patterned fabrics . |
| 17 | We know of such things , but we do not concern ourselves with them . |
| 18 | Burun Khan may have told you that we know of such machines , but do not concern ourselves with them . |
| 19 | ‘ Hast thou not read in the message of God , ( the Koran ) : ‘ Do not cast yourselves with your own bands into destruction . ’ |
| 20 | 7 Do not ingratiate yourself with your class or you 'll begin to lose their respect . |
| 21 | No that consideration , I think , you know if he did n't kill himself with a chainsaw he 'd probably be alright with the shredder . |
| 22 | Kruger did n't soil himself with the lucre , but Lorre had his fist out at every opportunity , and was wadding the bills into a fat , healthy roll while his master attempted union with the Infinite . |
| 23 | Give granddad glass so you do n't hurt yourself with it . |
| 24 | Do n't stuff yourself with doughnuts or chocolate , or anything to which you are unaccustomed , or indeed anything to which you are accustomed but which you might suddenly be tempted to gorge in distorted amounts . |
| 25 | Do n't torture yourself with feelings of inadequacy because you ca n't even begin to guess at the correct pronunciation of Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil . |
| 26 | I have to make sure I do n't electrocute myself with my cup of tea |
| 27 | You think I do n't notice much out there with the sheep , you think I do n't concern myself with what goes on between you and the lass , but I 've noticed , I 've thought about it . |
| 28 | You say — and so does Dr. Briant — that the ‘ safe ’ scientists are the ones who do n't concern themselves with ideological issues . |
| 29 | do n't obsess yourself with the idea that none of them ( Unionist MPs ) understand the view of the man in the street … there is plenty of soundness in the party inside the House … and , easy as it is to call everyone inside Parliamentarians , and to assume that everyone outside are the only judges … you will have to get inside before you realize the difficulties of the situation , or the value of the cool-headed men who still represent the Unionist party in the House , and remain independent of Cabinet influence … |
| 30 | ‘ And do n't strain yourself with querying . |