Example sentences of "not [verb] so and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered , if Jean-Claude were there , why the child had not said so and gone to fetch him for me ? |
| 2 | It refused as it knew that it could not do so and survive at home . |
| 3 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) . |
| 4 | He did not do so and the fire spread and damaged the plaintiff 's property . |
| 5 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 6 | They can not do so and should not be asked to try . |
| 7 | He has not done so and , therefore , it would be out of order for the Hon. Gentleman to pursue his present line of argument under this new clause |
| 8 | As a result , the Rector , Dr Colin Adamson , was advised by senior ILEA councillors to resign ‘ in the best interests of the polytechnic ’ ; however , the corporate status of the polytechnic meant that only the governing body can remove him from office and it chose not to do so and he refused to resign . |
| 9 | The state assumes that they are not doing so and gives increases on all of the additional pension as if you had never been contracted out . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) Subsection ( 3 ) above does not apply where a society or associated body is authorised by the scheme to relieve itself of its obligation to take the steps it is directed to take or pay the compensation awarded by the society 's undertaking an obligation to give the requisite publicity for the reasons for not doing so and the society undertakes that obligation . |
| 11 | you are rebuked by an ‘ authority figure ’ ( ‘ You should not/ought not/must not do so and so . ’ ) . |