Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 2 | ‘ And do n't laugh with food in your mouth , please ! ’ |
| 3 | But he did n't laugh with her . |
| 4 | Of teachers , four examples , at random , covered approachability , humour and sensitivity ( SED 1989:8 ) : If you do n't have a sense of humour and ca n't laugh with the weans , you 'd crack up more easily . |
| 5 | I like to have a laugh and that , but there 's some things you should n't laugh at . |
| 6 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 7 | If you are fascinated by celebrities , try Margaret Forwood 's The Real Benny Hill ( Robson , £15.95 ) and Norman Wisdom 's Do n't Laugh At Me ( Century , £14.99 ) . |
| 8 | No , even the hyenas wo n't laugh at these and anyone who has to put up with you telling these gags is likely to let you take a closer look at the lion 's cage — like from the inside . |
| 9 | And this is what I 'm thinking of doing , so do n't laugh at me , because I 'm thinking of doing it . |
| 10 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 11 | The Ex-Wives returns to the comic vein of some of her earlier writing : ‘ I wanted to entertain myself , I lay on the floor on my stomach , scribbling away and laughing — well , if I ca n't laugh at my own jokes , who else can ? ’ |
| 12 | Xorandor does n't laugh at people , he goes along with them at their level , telling them what he knows they want to hear . |
| 13 | No no do n't laugh at that , do n't laugh at that . |
| 14 | No no do n't laugh at that , do n't laugh at that . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't laugh at me , Theda ! ’ he warned , catching her glance . |
| 16 | You did n't laugh at him did you ? |
| 17 | Well , it 's a sad thing if you ca n't laugh at yourself is n't it , eh ? |
| 18 | I did n't laugh into the receiver , but the idea of Manning Jackson taking a chance was something new . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , but I had to laugh , or nearly so , for you dare n't laugh in there . |
| 20 | but you ca n't you ca n't dip into modules of that can you do n't you have to do the whole thing ? |
| 21 | Do n't plough on any more , just commemorate your finish by noting this special occasion . |
| 22 | 10 Do n't persist in a procedure that fails to work . |
| 23 | ‘ It seems she does ; you would n't persist in a story that will be disproved as soon as I meet Mr and Mrs Smith , but I do n't believe you 're identical twins . |
| 24 | I think most policeman ca n't relate to sociology at all , because , you see , the way we 're taught everything is black and white : those who do bad should be punished , those who do good should be rewarded . |
| 25 | Most of these are rather old , and do n't relate to the present Plate Tectonic picture , but rather to the situation ten or twenty million years ago . |
| 26 | I ca n't relate to that . |
| 27 | But what they were getting at was n't so much that the coverage was favouring one party over another but that it simply did n't relate to them , the actual voters in the constituency . |
| 28 | Little old ladies who had relished home baking were a dying breed and the younger generation simply could n't relate to them . |
| 29 | It took me about six months to even be able to hear what he 'd done ; I just could n't relate to it because I had so many preconceptions about what I thought it should be . |
| 30 | ’ Yates felt that , ‘ Dustin did n't relate to the character because I do n't think Dustin likes to be thought of as nice and charming . |