Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [verb] and [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I simply did not want to play and confess that I was close to giving up completely . |
| 2 | A , you might not want to come and join my company in the first place |
| 3 | It would not need to thicken and curdle , and become dully opaque to defend its tender insides from the preying eyes of the world . |
| 4 | These beliefs about what low attainers can not do dictate and reflect the kind of learning experience these pupils have . |
| 5 | I stated that I would not hesitate to condemn and punish unacceptable behaviour ; equally , I would issue praise . |
| 6 | The plaintiffs ' next contention has been described as the proprietary argument to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Tully are constructive trustees for the plaintiffs of the moneys claimed in the action , that a court of equity will not hesitate to protect and preserve a trust fund in interlocutory proceedings on the principle that , if the trust fund disappears , it will turn out that equity has been invoked to no purpose and that a claim for privilege can not be successfully raised against an order which permits a plaintiff to search for and to seize his own property , including property which is in the possession of the defendant . |
| 7 | She did not like to stop and rest her arm for too long . |
| 8 | There at least they would not have to see and hear the effect of the blows as clearly as those in front . |
| 9 | You did not have to rush and worry that it would have disappeared by the time you caught up with it . |
| 10 | Mocking supporters of legalisation writing in ‘ sophisticated newspapers ’ , the minister said perhaps they believed that suppliers , unmolested by the police , would , ‘ as an act of Christian charity ’ reduce their prices so their customers did not have to steal and prostitute themselves . |
| 11 | She did not have to stay and watch . |
| 12 | In the case of Rose of Lima , who is simply a very extreme and therefore very demanding example of a more widespread phenomenon , it seems that we must at least understand , even if we do not wish to reclaim and emulate , the ideas about purity which governed her life . |
| 13 | Because of the vast range of the information potentially bearing on a decision individuals do not attempt to collect and assess all of it before deciding , but settle for a more manageable sample . |
| 14 | And the magistrate warned him : ‘ You should not try to drive and use sign language at the same time . ’ |
| 15 | Another of my concerns was that Mrs Allen would not bother to cook and eat meals now that she no longer had to prepare anything for her husband . |
| 16 | Do not bother to write and tell me that in their culture etc , as that is really not good enough . |
| 17 | CLEARLY she does not intend to retire and do embroidery . |
| 18 | Its three big domestic rivals do not intend to cut and run either . |
| 19 | The price is so basic that , if the parties have expressly left it over for later agreement , the court may well conclude that the parties did not intend to make and have not made , a contract . |
| 20 | An alteration to the Party Constitution forbade selection as a candidate to anyone who " does not undertake to accept and act in harmony with the Standing Orders of the Parliamentary Party " . |
| 21 | He knows too that there are activities in which he is most intelligent when he is most spontaneous , in which to think may even be dangerous ; the ski jumper or the tightrope walker can not afford to hesitate and reflect . |
| 22 | It follows that , because our young men can not earn good money , they can not afford to marry and take their wives out of the labour market . ’ |
| 23 | Every anthropologist , after all , lives off those he studies , and he should not fail to recognize and respond to this basic fact . |
| 24 | She really could not bear to sit and listen for a minute longer , as she explained to Bernard , to the lies of the imperialist lackeys . |
| 25 | Do not continue to meet and talk with people non-stop all the time . |
| 26 | So many bereaved people , especially women , do not continue to try and have a social life as it is just too difficult and usually just serves to reinforce their sense of isolation and hurt . |