Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I think of the difference between Carla and Neil Neil does n't really want to do anything ! |
| 2 | Psychologically Bury does n't quite produce the adrenalin rush one expects at London and you do n't have the crowds to pander to . |
| 3 | A couple of surfers caught waves Ted did n't even move for . |
| 4 | Old Mother Walsh did n't always mean what she said to be taken literally . |
| 5 | Lillian Gish , Bette Davis and Ann Sothern do n't quite gel together in The Whales Of August ( U Vestron 23 Oct ) . |
| 6 | Neil Kinnock does n't actually smoke , and neither do I. I gave up smoking on 1 January ; since then I have smoked well over 100 cigarettes . |
| 7 | David Carlson did n't really like his daughter staying for hours at the Davis 's . |
| 8 | Jane Eyre did n't really look upon erm , erm herself as giving up her independence er by marrying Rochester did she ? |
| 9 | No wonder Collias did n't really enthuse me . |
| 10 | Mr Wiseman does n't only have the safety of his hands to consider : in this case he might stand to lose his sight or sustain laceration from bits of flying clothespegs , blocks and cramps into the bargain . |
| 11 | Princess Diana took the top position of children 's favourite royals , and the Corgis polled tenth overall , while Prince Philip did n't even get a mention . |
| 12 | Mr Stevens did n't even loosen his tie . |
| 13 | The same applies to monetary targets , now just a melange of notes and coins ; and to nominal GDP , which Mr Major did n't even mention . |
| 14 | Mrs Lomax did n't exactly shrink back , but she seemed nervous as she glanced over the instruments . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher did n't even talk to me . |
| 16 | Mrs Cullam did n't even look at him and when he asked her at what time her husband had come home on Friday night she said laconically , ‘ Quarter past eleven . ’ |
| 17 | Even the other two guests laugh — a woman called Pattie whose husband has just left her , and a man whose name Howard does n't quite catch . |
| 18 | There is always a man from just down the road , or the basement flat , or the office , whose name Howard does n't quite catch , and who was up at Cambridge just after all the rest of them . |
| 19 | ‘ You must have been up with the famous Ord Gaunt ? ’ says the man whose name Howard did n't quite catch , and the dense Middle English blackletter in which the words are uttered exactly matches their resonant profundity . |
| 20 | Brian Johnson and Mike Grindley did n't even know each other when they were part of the seven thousand strong workforce at GCHQ … now they regularly share breakfast … and a long campaign since they were sacked . |
| 21 | The big three's domination is such that their nearest rivals Limerick do n't even make it into double figures . |
| 22 | The big three's domination is such that their nearest rivals Limerick do n't even make it into double figures . |
| 23 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 24 | Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin . |
| 25 | We should be trying to enhance cooperative arrangements of referral and support between health and social work departments and private homes , and Mike O'Reilly did n't actually say that they had that problem but he said that their clients had been referred by GPs or by the psychogeriatric service . |
| 26 | Guy Sterne did n't just avoid seeing his family , he did n't like talking about them either . |
| 27 | Commander Abigail did n't even like the area : it caused him shame and guilt to consider it , he tried not to think about it . |
| 28 | But Seventies soccer star Chris did n't just find it hard . |
| 29 | The clocks were ticking strangely fortissimo and Fru Møller did n't even notice . |
| 30 | ‘ Unemployment in West Belfast did n't just happen last year or the year before in or 1969 … |