Example sentences of "not [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Chinese think it is worth going to all the trouble and expense of shipping this equipment 12,000 miles around the world , how is it that British industry can not make it pay ? ’ |
| 2 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 3 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 4 | Thinking that something will happen does not make it happen . |
| 5 | Tends to think ‘ I did not make it happen ’ . |
| 6 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |
| 7 | His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work . |
| 8 | ‘ The idea is to save as much as you can and not let it go to the government . |
| 9 | If Henry thought that there was a contradiction in terms about the words ‘ medical poison ’ he did not Let it show in his face . |
| 10 | Was it possible the old fox had sussed him out and not let it show ? |
| 11 | But you have to hold it down like that , and not let it burst free and flop trembling onto the table . ’ |
| 12 | She dared not let it happen again . |
| 13 | Go out to get not let it come in . |
| 14 | What it does not do it provide the user with any way of removing any viruses found . |
| 15 | Although I have not seen it scratch against rocks recently , it does still occasionally gulp air from the surface . |
| 16 | ‘ But I have not seen it close . |
| 17 | Four minutes later he claimed a second near Hal Far , but did not see it crash and had no witness , although he believed that the pilot of this aircraft also baled out . |
| 18 | The work will take around 15 months to complete , but the Vicar says they 're trying not to let it disrupt life at the Abbey . |
| 19 | Erm reference has been made er a couple of times to the appendix which I attached to my submission , that 's the map and the schedule of strategic constraints , I feel I ought not to let it pass without some comment . |
| 20 | A little calmer , I began to write on the ground with the stick , ‘ Howard is a nut ’ , but was distracted by a tiny blue van in the south and was determined not to let it go by . |
| 21 | He says , well , it 's your job not to let it go wrong , I said , I did n't let it go wrong . |
| 22 | If she could n't help being a coward , at least she could try not to let it show . |
| 23 | Pete felt a stirring of apprehension then , rising like a deepwater fish to the sunlight ; and although he tried not to let it show , Alina seemed to perceive it . |
| 24 | Thrilled , but trying not to let it show , she darted him a look from under her lashes . |
| 25 | A rush of violent jealousy swept through her , but she was absolutely determined not to let it show . |
| 26 | With everyone in the room so happy , Seb tried hard not to let it show that he was the only one less than ecstatic over the forthcoming wedding . |
| 27 | She felt bubbly with fun , and had to try hard not to let it show too much . |
| 28 | Y'know kind of kind of comments or playful thoughts you might pass about somebody but you you try not to do it seriously as it were , you try not to let it affect your behaviour towards them , you try to not be surprised if they disclose they 're gay or heterosexual or whatever so er |
| 29 | ‘ Mind you , I try not to let it cramp my style unduly . |
| 30 | Be careful not to let it bubble . |