Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia could n't eat more than a morsel of the beef Roman had ordered . |
| 2 | Do n't eat more than a bird , I daresay . ’ |
| 3 | Go on ; but do n't stay more than a few minutes . ’ |
| 4 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 5 | ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign . |
| 6 | If the level of foreign news keeps up it will turn again to its shareholders , says Mathews , adding that in that event : ‘ I would be very surprised indeed if they did n't make more resources available . |
| 7 | ‘ If you do n't make more effort to be civil , I may regret fishing you from the sea on your arrival . |
| 8 | In first gear from a standing start , on the level , they ca n't make more than about fifteen miles an hour and they scream a bit doing that . |
| 9 | Gabriel went back to her table , conscious that Cat had been listening , but probably could n't make more of it than he already knew . |
| 10 | But they do n't want more money , ; it 's like me , is n't it ? |
| 11 | And they insisted that they did n't want more drink simply because they 'd been drinking but because they just , well , wanted it . |
| 12 | You could n't want more commitment . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Of course you do n't want more jewellery , you poor , poor thing , ’ Sadie Hawksworth told her with feeling . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want more people . |
| 15 | You do n't want more biscuits . |
| 16 | You do n't want more biscuits , no course not . |
| 17 | I would n't want more than |
| 18 | And the change now means that if a married woman , it does n't , as I say , it does n't affect single women , if a married woman now has n't earned income using all her allowances , so she does n't work has n't worked , never qualified for a pension , or does work but does n't earn more than that , and the couple have got investment income then it 's sensible to switch that into the wife 's name to give her income to use up her allowances . |
| 19 | Though yeah they wo n't trust more than the once . |
| 20 | If you want more , go inland ; if you can get by with less , stay in the city ; if you do n't need more than a square foot or so , go to the islands . |
| 21 | He did n't need more time in this chilled room . |
| 22 | You do n't need more than that many notes right now , especially with what I 'm write , with what I 'm playing . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't say I 'm unaware of rumours and difficulties , ’ he continued , ‘ but I do n't know more than that . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll give it them , ca n't promise more than that . ’ |
| 25 | Sorry I ca n't promise more than that . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We are keen to ensure that we do n't promise more than we can deliver . |
| 27 | When buying cutlery , do n't buy more pieces than you need . |
| 28 | I ca n't understand why Tod does n't show more gratitude for the improvement . |
| 29 | Sorry , my my my other point is about about Ryedale , and and and its its and its its unde its relationship to Southern Ryedale , and erm Mr Smith said that erm as far as Ryedale Council are concerned they ca n't identify any more land within Southern Ryedale , well of course they would say that because was there position at the Southern Ryedale plan , but the fact of the matter is that there was a great dispute at the York greenbelt Southern Ryedale plan enquiry , revol resolving around the issue of what were the bits of the greenbelt which made up the historic character and thereby what were you left with that potentially could be developed , albeit it might be reserved as white land in the first place , but could potentially be developed , and a great deal of this land on the disputed side lay in Southern Ryedale , that in that in fact there was a view around the table not only sh not only shared by by the developers side , but erm that large parts of Osbaldwick and Huntingdon did n't fall within the definition of greenbelt as as set out by by the County Council in their N Y Two Two document , now that matter clearly has got to be something left to the Inspector and the Greenbelt Inquiry , but I think it 's fair to point out that there is actually a difference of view , so it 's not an absolute position , that you ca n't identify more land within within Southern Ryedale , and indeed , erm , not that I want to raise the Local Government Commission 's head again , but of course the Local Government Commission is proposing that York be a unitary authority expanded , and once Yor , if York does become a unitary authority expanded then some of these areas will fall within their area , and they may have a different view than er the Ryedale current Ryedale district council does , and therefore I think it is a little unsafe to take just at pure se pure face value , that there is no more land within Southern Ryedale that could be developed . |
| 30 | Whilst out selling with sales manager Anne King [ and sold £1,500 in two days ] , they had an appointment with a certain Mr Gomez who could n't speak more than a couple of words of English . |