Example sentences of "wo [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jolly Roger makers say they 're confident THEY wo n't suffer a similar fate because they 're already selling the beer across the country from Blackpool to the Isle of Wight . |
| 2 | They wo n't pay a young act any money , but they will let them play third on the bill on a Monday night or on a Thursday night when there are n't many people in the venue . |
| 3 | The shopper , so the refrain goes , does n't know how to cook fresh fish , ca n't cope with bones , wo n't pay a fair price and will only be persuaded to buy the traditional species . |
| 4 | ‘ Being realistic , it looks as if Northern Ireland 's clubs will always be in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup and the Cup Winners ' Cup and you wo n't draw a big name , ’ said Anderson . |
| 5 | This should arguably supply a greater surface for bacteria than gravel — internal and external as the media is porous — and wo n't cost a great deal more or less than gravel . |
| 6 | that wo n't cost a little bit |
| 7 | ‘ You wo n't want a formal receipt ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The most obvious thing in mine may be that I like to work with numbers , but if I 've an urge to be an innovator too , I probably wo n't make a successful auditor . |
| 9 | In other words , you wo n't make a separate section . |
| 10 | IF IT worries you that the national survey on sexual habits is not going to take place , you could take comfort from the thought that it probably wo n't make a vast amount of difference in the long run . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you saying Matthew wo n't make a fine sailor ? ’ |
| 12 | As for the meeting , it wo n't make a blind bit of difference and the people of Darlington do n't care anyway . |
| 13 | Pre-flash wo n't make a bad picture good , but you can now expose your bad picture well . |
| 14 | Pre-flash wo n't make a bad picture good , but you can now expose your bad picture well . |
| 15 | He wo n't fancy a needling match on these terms . |
| 16 | So you wo n't put a new spline in , he goes but the ca , the crank case is |
| 17 | Still , too much detail is better than not enough , and the experienced user probably wo n't read a fat lot of the manual anyway . |
| 18 | By the following morning 's exercises — discussion of how to set about winning a Labour seat when the other candidate wo n't share a public platform with you , a mock television interview and a debate , several of the candidates who appeared strongest — including a chairman of the party 's Bow Group — seem to have given up the fight . |
| 19 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
| 20 | We hope she wo n't need a bone-marrow transplant . |
| 21 | If you saw the other films , you wo n't need a gay activist to give away the ending , although the spin on the story here is that the hero is a male cop ( Douglas ) , as opposed to the female lawyers and FBI agents of the earlier movies . |
| 22 | Well you wo n't get a decent price for it at a car boot sale John . |
| 23 | I think we wo n't get a unified transport system . |
| 24 | The company 's lawyer said : ‘ You wo n't get a real opal in any shape or form for £3.50 . |
| 25 | The Sergeant came barging into the Nissen hut , bawling out , ‘ Right , you bloody lot , if you have any homes to go to , get out of those pits and down to the orderly room , sharpish , or you wo n't get a bloody pass . ’ |
| 26 | But if you go down to the woods today you wo n't get a big surprise , because as boars have a tendency to charge at people they 're being kept in by an electric fence . |
| 27 | The advantage of the professional help ( i.e. from the yard owner or manager ) is that it is guaranteed ; you know you wo n't get a panicky phone call saying ‘ Sorry , I ca n't do your horse because my car 's broken down/the kids are ill . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But if you do n't sign , you wo n't get a free passage and I wo n't get an allowance for you . ’ |
| 29 | And anyone competing his walk wo n't get a free beer as with Wainwrights but can apply for a badge . |
| 30 | The one per cent cut wo n't have a substantial impact on people 's expectations and confidence . |