Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it 's difficult , I know the City is highly congested and we ca n't plough down beautiful buildings in order to make better roads and so on , and that is n't what we want to do . |
| 2 | She did n't slow down until she was almost out of breath . |
| 3 | Did n't slow down . |
| 4 | " Do n't slow down every time , Loc , he told his driver curtly in French . |
| 5 | There is a fire-tinge of violence to it here in New York , as there is to everything in this city , which just wo n't slow down like the other city did and get more innocent and less crazy and less dirty-colourful . |
| 6 | If you ca n't slow down , then deliberately pause so that the person who 's listening to you has an opportunity to mentally catch up on what you 're saying . |
| 7 | No sooner were they there than Gloria announced , ‘ We ca n't stay down here any more . |
| 8 | The sort of problems the owners ’ party have had on this trip so far are a tap that wo n't stop dripping , a blind that wo n't stay down in one of the bedrooms , eh ? , and a lady who thought one of her suitcases had been stolen , only it turned up in someone else 's room . ’ |
| 9 | She would n't stay down here in the country until the wedding . |
| 10 | Or perhaps his food does n't stay down too well . |
| 11 | Yeah It was n't that it was n't the lumps that bothered me it was the uhum , the fact that the edges just does n't stay down . |
| 12 | ‘ All right , do n't jump down my throat , ’ Tracey protested . |
| 13 | I seen a blind man once — he 'd got a stick so he could tap the pavement so he did n't fall down no holes . |
| 14 | Patrick now inspected it closely and said , ‘ One must be heavier than the other or it would n't fall down ’ . |
| 15 | The mother will protect it from predators , such as eagles , and will try to ensure that it does n't fall down the mountainside by always standing on the downhill side of it . |
| 16 | Denis just could n't fall down on this job ; he 'd have to get the money somehow . |
| 17 | you see and I 'm glad I did n't miss it , I 'm glad I went through all what I did and , and this particular raid , you see , the siren went and they said a telegraph office read , you see , an and then I thought I 'll go to the back door and I went to the , well it was actually on the front of the station and I went to the front of the station and there was this plane swooping down like that and of course , you see , the bombs did n't fall down straight like that but they went as the plane went and they knocked down a row of houses at the end of the road . |
| 18 | He does n't complain about his car and he does n't fall down . |
| 19 | and as soon as it comes out you just fire a ball of string , yeah , and that way it ca n't fall down cos you 've got |
| 20 | We ca n't wait down here , wait for her to change into … something . |
| 21 | Why ‘ psychic detective ’ Nella wo n't track down vanished peer |
| 22 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 23 | But she ca n't bring down a screen like mine . |
| 24 | Do n't bring down the box just bring something , one thing . |
| 25 | ‘ Look , do n't break down . |
| 26 | ‘ Then the boys wo n't break down her wall trying to get them . ’ |
| 27 | Naturally , it 's smaller and does n't break down so often . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm just trying to keep going and hope I do n't break down . ’ |
| 29 | He did n't break down at once . |
| 30 | PARDON me if I do n't break down in tears at the plight of the parents who are having to take their children out of private schools because they can not afford the fees . |