Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] come " in BNC.

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1 I did not want to come to this council , but I came hoping that we could save blood .
2 This meant that the troublemakers , including many who did not want to come to Great Engeham in the first place , were given a pretty free run .
3 I did not want to come off , because the points were so important .
4 But Carolyn , backed up by Phil Morris , hammered away at the point that furnishing fabrics were not like clothes , where customers did not expect to come back for more of the same .
5 He just did not expect to come across the late Norman Britton in the garden of the Ferret and Firkin at half past six in the evening .
6 So he raised his wings , which still bore the light-coloured plumage of a juvenile , reared up his head in as fierce a way as he could , and called out , ‘ I did not choose to come to this miserable place , or to live with ones such as you who grow angry at nothing , or nothing I can understand .
7 The Jews had to accept the fact that Gentiles could become Christians and that in so doing they did not have to come to Christ via Jewish cultural conditioning .
8 ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on .
9 ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on .
10 Kopyion had tried to persuade him that he did not need to come to the hoverport .
11 But parents , children and young people do not regard coming into residential care as an admission of failure .
12 The Home Secretary is promoting his Bill by saying that people who are fleeing from political or social oppression do not deserve to come here and do not deserve political asylum .
13 I do not think come this weekend either that we will have any worries about being able to last the pace , ’ he asserted .
14 Please do not bother to come in again .
15 Is it too fanciful to suggest that once schools know why pupils do not want to come to classes , teachers can set about making school more attractive for at least some of the disaffected ?
16 Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’
17 Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’
18 From a source that we do not know came Dr Vajdova from Prague .
19 Adventurous fountain arrangements do not need to come readily packaged , for the ambitious gardener can create his own .
20 Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way .
21 poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ?
22 poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ?
23 I did n't suggest coming on this heap of a boat to work like a house-servant , is n't that right , Robbie ? ’
24 ‘ I know , but we did n't want to come here . ’
25 ‘ We went to The Crown — Dominic and I , that is ; Meryl did n't want to come — and played darts in the saloon bar .
26 She did n't want to come on air .
27 Debbie had said she did n't want to come back to the States .
28 ‘ I 'll be honest with you , I did n't want to come but I 've got no choice . ’
29 ‘ But you did n't want to come ? ’
30 I did n't want to come back .
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