Example sentences of "[vb base] n't [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ 'Would n't go on my own , would I ? ’ |
| 2 | People-do n't interfere . |
| 3 | That was months ago-'ave n't seen ‘ er since . |
| 4 | Men , my boyfriend says , Honest-to-God he says men huv n't got it any easier than women these days ! |
| 5 | Y'would n't believe it . |
| 6 | Do/Do n't tell her . ’ |
| 7 | Th'need n't worrit ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Marilyn said I shoud n't wear green to a wedding , she said it was unlucky . ’ |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo had a now-you-see-it , now-you-do n't glass roof on its 164-based Proteo coupe , but a production future here is altogether more promising . |
| 10 | It started as a minor incident involving a petrol tanker , but then other vehicles travelling too fast for the foggy conditions found they counld n't stop in time and crashed as well . |
| 11 | Without it , I counld n't get to work , which is important to me . |
| 12 | Not-do n't tell me that it 's our friend Sir Henry ! ’ |
| 13 | Ti tell t'truth , tekkin' her oot wor a bit of a drag : she dragged ma throo bushes , hedges , trees , ponds — Ah jist cud n't control her . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'ave n't seen thoo since t'funeral . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'ave n't done anything . ’ |
| 16 | There 's some story about a Mars bar , apparently but we 'ave n't got to that bit yet . |
| 17 | ‘ Tell you what , Joe , ’ said Annie , ‘ you 'ave n't got new stuff there , but you 'ave n't got rubbish , either , and you 've 'ad me best attention as well . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell you what , Joe , ’ said Annie , ‘ you 'ave n't got new stuff there , but you 'ave n't got rubbish , either , and you 've 'ad me best attention as well . |
| 19 | ‘ Mister , you 'ave n't told me your own name . ’ |
| 20 | Di' n't think she would . |
| 21 | ‘ On my fourteenth birthday I bought a really cheap guitar and chord book from Argos and sat in my room for about 6 months and lear n't to play the entire Siouxsie & The Banshees first album . ’ |
| 22 | D-do n't want to leave you , you see . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I d-do n't suppose we 'll go for at least a m-month . |
| 24 | ‘ I d-do n't know , Sir , ’ Lexandro stuttered ; and for once the title of Sir came sincerely to his lips . |
| 25 | ‘ Absolutely , although I d-do n't know when . |
| 26 | I m-mean … you d-do n't know anything about me , ’ she stammered . |
| 27 | The old girl 's insured so you d-do n't have to worry if you d-do have a b-bump . ’ |
| 28 | If given the choice as to potato , order baked rather than chips ; do n't smother it in butter but use small amounts of the proffered sour cream . |
| 29 | The shades reveal all yuppies to be pizza-faced aliens with newspapers and advertising slogans spewing forth conditioning propaganda ( do n't think/sleep/work ) . |
| 30 | Economists in particular do n't distinguish between the creation of wealth , which nowadays can be provided in large measure by machines , and the creation of employment , which in large measure requires other policies . |