Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | I 'M A WOMAN IN MY THIRTIES but age has n't blunted my passion for all things : books , cinema , wine , travel , conversation and good living . |
2 | ‘ Victoria has n't seen her father for months . |
3 | " Dr McNab still has n't granted my request for evidence that cholera is spread by drinking water . |
4 | Right , well we have two hundred and sixty five pounds and sixty eight pence in the bank at the moment , erm which actually is n't very much if you think that we 've got to go right through to July to our next fund raising event , so , I was wondering that , if anyone has n't paid their subscriptions for last year or if anyone owes for Christmas cards , I think there 's one or two |
5 | Cos Clive has n't paid his tax for three years , and the tax man caught up with him . |
6 | As breeder and exhibitor of budgerigars for the past 12 years he finds the joke wearing thin , but it has n't dampened his enthusiasm for his hobby . |
7 | She might be in for a long wait : Bella did n't break her routine for anyone . |
8 | His eyes did n't leave my face for a second . |
9 | ‘ I did n't want your search for your mother to lead to heartbreak , ’ he went on , moving close and slipping his arm around her . |
10 | That did n't make his love for Sien any less true . |
11 | Either she was a Madonna and people did n't give her credit for being one , or else she was trying to be one and people were trying to stop her or possibly she was being forced to be one against her better judgement . |
12 | The next time he awoke , they blistered the back of his hands with cigarette burns , but this time , mercifully , he had passed out within ten minutes and did n't regain his senses for nearly two hours . |
13 | Coronation Street began in 1960 but , as any fule kno , it did n't catch its stride for a good ten years . |
14 | We did n't discuss his plans for the day , only mine , and those I presume are hardly of interest to you . ’ |
15 | Did n't take long , you did n't need your calculator for that . |
16 | People have a right to be cynical , but I did n't write my book for people who do n't believe in astrology . |
17 | Murder brought Raskolnikov to see that he did n't believe his reasons for committing it . |
18 | ‘ Marriage Guidance , ’ he said , ‘ did n't understand my need for brutally climaxing into tight white bottoms . ’ |
19 | But his lack of affection for her did n't lessen her love for him , nor did she give up hope that she would one day be able to make him feel genuinely fond of her . |
20 | Do n't give them time for the |
21 | It went ‘ the English , the English , the English are best , I do n't give you tuppence for all of the rest ’ . |
22 | ‘ Those who tell you their careers come first and do n't leave them time for a family , are simply making an excuse . |
23 | ‘ Those who tell you their careers come first and do n't leave them time for a family , are simply making an excuse . |
24 | ‘ I do n't choose my friends for the size of their wallets , you know . ’ |
25 | ‘ Do n't compare my feeling for her with his ! |
26 | So do n't cut your hair for me , |
27 | Do n't wash your hair for 48 hours after your perm . |
28 | The sisters say they do n't blame their landlady for evicting them . |
29 | Do n't blame your boss for your failure , blame yourself . |
30 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |