Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun sg] with " in BNC.

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1 That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses .
2 In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row .
3 This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach .
4 ‘ I did not mean risk with me , ’ he answered , annoyed , ‘ but it is trying to rain and your dress is not covered . ’
5 For all of its evident strengths , Keynesian economics did not stand comparison with classical theory in one vital respect : it was incapable of explaining the determinants of the levels of absolute price and money wages .
6 Her differences with other Commonwealth states over economic sanctions in South Africa did not prevent collaboration with them on other issues , notably in maintaining a boycott of cultural and sporting links with South Africa under the Gleneagles agreement , which the British government faithfully observed .
7 Financial management was now assuming greater importance in the industry and whilst only 8% mentioned this subject it would be surprising if many more did not find difficulty with it .
8 Yet in competition with them the Bournonville ballets did not find favour with the sophisticated Viennese public .
9 But our amateur popularity did not find favour with the commercial stations and there were somewhat ugly rumours coming out of Ottawa .
10 As one of Rodin 's most celebrated works , The Kiss did not find favour with public opinion in the USA in the 1880s , which decided that the nude marble sculpture was far too hot for public viewing and had it confined to a special room .
11 At the same time the quality of cattle was declining and any increase in their numbers did not keep pace with demand .
12 In the 1970s the real price of cigarettes fell about 30% because cigarette taxation did not keep pace with inflation .
13 Unlike housing and education , health policies were remarkable for their continuity in the 1980s and the NHS finished the decade battered round the edges but largely intact : still the overwhelming supplier of health care in spite of the growth in the independent sector ; still tax-funded and for the most part free at the point of use ; still growing in real terms even though that did not keep pace with demand in the view of critics .
14 A single , introverted individual who was self-catering and whose job did not require contact with others would be able to live like this .
15 They do not associate valour with the handsome and arrogant hunter , and young men are taught to pity such evidence of ‘ lack of control ’ .
16 Its calculations are all relatively local ones : neurones do not make contact with other neurones at any great distance in the same cortical region .
17 * Do not make coffee with boiling water .
18 He came to realize that traditional accounts of science , whether inductivist or falsificationist , do not bear comparison with historical evidence .
19 It is because you do not lose touch with your present identity that I hesitate to ask the question ‘ What is your name ? ’ too early in the session ; the patient 's instinct would be to answer by giving me today 's name .
20 On the one hand , educationalists have argued that segregation of handicapped pupils is wrong and they ought to be taught in ordinary schools , albeit with special lessons and equipment provided , in order that they do not lose touch with ordinary children .
21 What the critics , of the trade unions and managements alike , are really saying is this : that they do not like normality with all its faults .
22 Men do not share support with child care simply because so few of them are responsible for the care of children , and so on .
23 Nevertheless , it is clear enough that the realities of pre-war football do not find agreement with postwar nostalgia .
24 She did n't want involvement with any man ; it was simply a cruel twist of fate that she had got it , and there was no way that she was going to expose her vulnerability to him .
25 In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict .
26 I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all .
27 Inspector Redpath had n't breakfasted , either , but he did n't fancy breakfast with that distasteful job at the mortuary in front of him .
28 This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria .
29 Anything so that he did n't connect Lori with the jade .
30 And er that 's why I did n't cancel appointment with you
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