Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appellant did not give evidence on his own behalf . |
| 2 | " He did not want blood on his hands but on ours . |
| 3 | They welcomed US President Bush 's recent decision to cancel development of new tactical nuclear missiles ( the follow-on to the Lance programme ) and artillery for deployment in Europe , but did not reach agreement on the withdrawal of existing nuclear artillery or short-range missiles before talks with the Soviet Union began . |
| 4 | Also the latter sfumato technique that Ramsay favoured , in which smokily smooth and imperceptible transitions are effected between areas of colour , did not lay emphasis on the linear as the early style had . |
| 5 | On Nov. 12 the outspoken chair of the Campaign for Democracy Beko Ransome Kuti called on Nigerians to " make the country ungovernable " by acts of civil disobedience if Babangida did not leave office on Jan. 2 as promised . |
| 6 | With the outcome a foregone conclusion , House Democratic leaders did not exert pressure on their colleagues to vote for the motion . |
| 7 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 8 | Papers that did not include a control group , were not randomised , did not allow calculation of ‘ intention to treat ’ results , or did not collect information on mortality or the incidence of respiratory or gastrointestinal infection were excluded . |
| 9 | Differentiation on certain levels did not prevent fusion on others . |
| 10 | She did not press drink on us . |
| 11 | I am certain they are not , and it is worth remembering that the majority did not vote Conservative on 9 April . |
| 12 | showed mercy on them even though they did not show mercy on him . |
| 13 | It is true that Spain 's only military contribution to the fighting was the despatch of volunteers ( the " Blue Division " ) who fought on the Russian front as part of the German Army , and that Spain did not declare war on any country . |
| 14 | The traffic going to Mr McGiffert 's shopping complex did not wreak havoc on the Ringdufferin Road , nor would I expect the traffic going to the golf course to do so . |
| 15 | The sergeant could never understand rich people with imperfect features who did not spend money on cosmetic surgery . |
| 16 | The movement 's historian has described it as ‘ a landmark in Free Church history ’ although he admitted ‘ it did not take hold on the life of the Free Churches in the way that might have been expected ’ . |
| 17 | To say that the death of the pigs did not take place on the same occasion at all and has nothing to do with the miracle . |
| 18 | These would have to be stringent enough to ensure that the country 's borrowing did not put pressure on national or Community interest rates . |
| 19 | ‘ He certainly did not put pressure on us , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Erm these patients were pretty much equally split between patients who had obstruction and patients who did not have obstruction on a pressure flow study . |
| 21 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 22 | Unfortunately " they did not have information on any program which would de with a small issue of some 500 items . |
| 23 | All the nodes were manufactured and all but one was delivered ; however , the parties did not finalise agreement on the price or the terms to govern the contract and S retained the final node at its factory , pending agreement . |
| 24 | Similarly , though he insisted on doctrine which he considered essential to the Anglican faith , he did not require conformity on non-essentials , and also believed that there were divine mysteries on which it was idle to speculate . |
| 25 | They did not dare camp on the western bank where the attack had been ; the eastern bank showed no signs of life but the tangled strips of trees continued along it and they mistrusted what they might hide . |
| 26 | Lord Taylor said the Crown argued that , although this and other discrepancies demonstrated sloppiness in police procedure , they did not cast doubt on the jury 's verdict . |
| 27 | Though it produced data that permits analysis of the impact of child-spacing upon neonatal mortality , unfortunately the WFS did not provide information on fetal mortality . |
| 28 | ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite . |
| 29 | Since the 1990 Budget , parents with a child in a workplace nursery do not pay tax on the value of the care , but women employed by companies that either ‘ buy ’ places at private nurseries or the 60 or so firms such as British Gas , National Power , Debenhams and BMW which issue childcare vouchers ( worth an average £27 a week ) must pay tax on what is treated as a perk . |
| 30 | Companies do not pay tax on their FII since it represents dividends paid out of profits that have already been taxed in the corporate sector ( s 208 ) . |