Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely the marquis has n't fallen in love with her as well . " |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'm surprised some rich gentleman has n't fallen in love with her . |
| 3 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 4 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 5 | It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape . |
| 6 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 7 | The augur 's skill did n't consist in luck with the omens , but in reading them right . |
| 8 | But when I started at Benedict 's nineteen years ago , and during my training , though a few forced the pace , no-one thought one odd , or sick , if one did n't leap into bed with one 's boyfriend , or indulge in violent necking sessions on every date . |
| 9 | er because er her children but erm say that we we did n't want to sort of upset her by erm you know |
| 10 | One ‘ character ’ , Sharon , the schoolgirl who loves ( among other things ) the Brontes , had been written for Sugar and Spite and she did n't depend on rhyme for her humour and seemed less steam-radio-Stanley-Holloway-meets-Flanders-and-Swann-meets-Joyce-Grenfell-old-fashioned . |
| 11 | And erm that , we did n't go on trek for so very long |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't go on tour to Norway — I could n't move . |
| 13 | ‘ Why I did n't go to bed with Warren Beatty ’ by actress Sean Young |
| 14 | WHY I DID N'T GO TO BED WITH WARREN BEATTY |
| 15 | Well we erm we did n't go to bed till did we ? |
| 16 | Then he did n't go to work for two days . |
| 17 | Oh yeah , yeah , he did n't go to school in Harlow |
| 18 | we did n't go to school after all , is n't it ? |
| 19 | Good job we did n't go to school after all , cos you 'd of run round in the playground , you 'd of been shattered ! oops , too late ! |
| 20 | But I did n't go to town till half past ten I was going to me mother 's at half past eleven , so there was n't a lot of time . |
| 21 | But he did n't go into detail about what they were wearing , but there 's quite a lot about what she was wearing |
| 22 | When she did n't arrive for dinner at the château , they would institute a search . |
| 23 | I did n't listen in detail to it all , but it revolved round Pierre and Donna , and Raoul the racehorse trainer who wanted to marry her money . |
| 24 | I did n't come to school for two weeks . |
| 25 | Well well I I as I er as both myself and my wife understood it , everything had been paid and then obviously when we got the letter saying we owed this amount of money it did n't come to light till Mr and Mrs came to see you |
| 26 | You did n't come for love of me , anyway . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I took every precaution possible to ensure he did n't come into contact with the virus but he still came back with a very dirty nose and coughed very badly . ’ |
| 28 | We knew they were geologists … they did n't come in contact with anybody on the island , they did n't tell people what they were doing or what they were looking for . |
| 29 | Often I did n't get to bed until 2 a.m. , so busy was I adding to the stores . |
| 30 | I did n't get into music to be a travel agent , have people 's gardens done , or to arrange their mortgages . |