Example sentences of "n't [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Milton Keynes-based Motor Insurers ' Bureau , which is responsible for compensation when a driver 's uninsured , says that it wo n't pay up either because Gooch was n't wholly to blame . |
| 2 | It was n't only to toil in the cotton fields that negros were stolen from Africa . |
| 3 | Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community . |
| 4 | I suppose it depended on whether you went for the older man , which , speaking for herself , Rosie did n't and never had done and was , anyway , leaving to stay with the Spratlings at Porto Ercole and then , perhaps , driving down to Rome to see poor old Jack Gerontius , who had n't long to go , and after that , who knew ? |
| 5 | ‘ He has n't long to live , ’ was the answer . |
| 6 | ‘ That nice lady sat there explaining to me that she had n't long to live . |
| 7 | ‘ Such a shame about the weather , and you have n't long to enjoy our Mediterranean climes , have you , my dear ? ’ |
| 8 | as if it was n't enough to see discredited Lo Life Boostin' Kev trying to make a record about the posse , Superia nearly went ballistic when he saw Harlem R&B/rap group Zhigge shouting ‘ Lo Life in tha house ! ’ on stage . |
| 9 | There is n't enough to go round . |
| 10 | It involves beliefs such as ‘ There is n't enough to go round ’ , ‘ I never have enough money ’ , ‘ Money does n't grow on trees ’ , ‘ You have to work hard for what you want ’ , ‘ If I have more , others have less ’ , ‘ Better save for a rainy day ’ and ‘ It 's immoral to be rich when so many people are starving and homeless . ’ |
| 11 | It would n't be their fault that there was n't enough to go round . |
| 12 | ‘ We are told there just are n't enough to go around , but surely youngsters like that should get priority after the Irish League and B Division . |
| 13 | I told him they said there was n't enough to go on , but if anything else happened it would all count . ’ |
| 14 | You only have to take a little bit off ai n't enough to go under your nose . |
| 15 | That is n't enough to account for the difference between £27.25 to hire a Cessna 152 for an hour at Canterbury NZ and £76.85 for a similar machine at Cambridge UK ( just to take one example ) . |
| 16 | The plight of the aptly named Victim and hundreds like them was n't enough to deter Steven Morrissey into a search for everyday employment . |
| 17 | But it was n't enough to save them either . |
| 18 | Like most below-par beat-'em-ups , Millenium Warriors is better in two-player mode , but this is n't enough to save it . |
| 19 | A demonstration outside a Wiltshire county council budget meeting was n't enough to save the workshops , at Swindon and Salisbury , from closure . |
| 20 | Marcus Browning was the hit man … that 's three goals in three games for him … but it was n't enough to save United from a 2-1 deafeat … |
| 21 | But surely even having second thoughts about marriage was n't enough to prompt that kind of reaction , particularly as Isabelle must have known she was expecting Fabien 's child . |
| 22 | The sisxth grade at Little Rissington elementary school are getting their report cards … and if that was n't enough to upset them its the end of an era . |
| 23 | Neither will it encourage investors so it wo n't bring any significant change in the private sector and it is n't enough to generate sustained growth . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , it was n't enough to stop her thinking completely . |
| 25 | She hated him and she hated what he was capable of doing to her , but her hate was n't enough to stop herself from feeling the forbidden pleasure of his hands on her body . |
| 26 | Words are n't enough to stop what 's happening between you . |
| 27 | Mark Burke the second … the last few minutes were frightening … but thankfully Wolves 2-1 win was n't enough to stop Town going through 3-2 on aggregate … |
| 28 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 29 | Everyone but the columnists of the Daily Mail and the Daily Express knows that the dole is n't enough to live on and asks the rhetorical question , " How do people manage ? " |
| 30 | Linda a spokesperson for the county 's education advisory committee says , A one year training course is n't enough to turn parents into teachers . |