Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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1 | she would n't chain it up , and it got hit and killed on the erm road just outside the Post Office was n't it ? |
2 | ‘ But it 's my time , ’ I said as I stood up , ‘ and I ca n't spare it . |
3 | It 's like saying , please do n't tell , please do n't broadcast it to the world , I can get hurt . |
4 | He said : ‘ But you could n't laugh it off , could you ? |
5 | Do n't dip it in your damson gin , another local treat . |
6 | That 's something that we do have to work on and I ca n't emphasize it too strongly . |
7 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
8 | So do n't treat it as if it 's a harmless filler . |
9 | Even though it was billed as a friendly , Tottenham did n't treat it that way . ’ |
10 | so many of the teachers that teach it are far too embarrassed to broach the subject sensibly , you know , and they just pass it on and so kids do n't treat it sensibly . |
11 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
12 | We wo n't treat it as just another theft . |
13 | Is that potato all over the floor there , do n't tread it in the carpet yes it 's potato round you |
14 | I ca n't explain it more than that . |
15 | I ca n't explain it to you . ’ |
16 | I could n't explain it very well at the time and I still ca n't . |
17 | I ca n't explain it any further . ’ |
18 | We ca n't explain it . |
19 | I ca n't explain it — the parts are exactly the same . |
20 | ‘ You ca n't explain it . |
21 | But I ca n't explain it , it 's as if the devil himself is down there , and there 's this horrible smell that chokes you and at the same time you get the feeling that something evil is lying in wait for you . |
22 | ‘ We 've paid a heavy price for our mistakes this season and I ca n't explain it any other way than to say it 's bad luck . |
23 | Although the photograph on the cover of the current guidebook certainly adds to the route 's appeal , it does n't explain it . |
24 | Doctors are recognising increasingly that , although they ca n't explain it , healing brings positive results ’ . |
25 | She could n't explain it . |
26 | The toxin may or may not be present in strains of er C diphtheria and this is just an immunological test so I wo wo n't explain it in detail but what you can see is a a strip of er , filter paper which has been bathed in anti-toxin and growth of various different strains of the organism erm which , some of which do produce the toxin you can see lines of precipitation here and some of which do n't produce the toxin . |
27 | It 's awful , I ca n't explain it . |
28 | She just took me in , and I ca n't explain it . ’ |
29 | You 're probably quite prepared to stomach the fact that I 've slept with girls before you , you 'd think it odd if I had n't , but if you ca n't see that a baby makes a difference to how much other affairs matter , I ca n't explain it to you . " |
30 | Erm i it was strange I know , I ca n't explain it logically , it was just we we certainly we felt in the office that we would somehow know if and when it was gon na happen . |