Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel also told every journalist proudly that he was ‘ married with one son ’ , although he made damn sure they did n't interview him at home , where they might meet his wife , or worse still , her friends . |
| 2 | Did I wear it over Chris , I did n't wear it at Christmas time did I ? |
| 3 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
| 4 | Will did n't need me at home , because he was busy writing his new play , A Midsummer Night 's Dream . |
| 5 | It would have made her task easier if he 'd still been in the bitter , brutal mood that had possessed him after William Ash had delivered his ultimatum , but she did n't understand him at present . |
| 6 | ‘ The ones who do n't leave them at home should be sent down . |
| 7 | Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) . |
| 8 | If you do n't learn , at school they 'd give you detention and lines and punish you for not doing it , if you do n't do it at college it 'll be your mistake and your fault |
| 9 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 10 | I do n't mention it at dinner parties or evening drinks because people shift away from me or say ’ I must circulate ’ . |
| 11 | My gran do n't buy me at Christmas . |
| 12 | You 've got Coke , that 's your treat each week , cos you do n't have it at home , you only have it on a Sunday |
| 13 | It 's absolutely no good expecting international players to develop the correct habits of fitness , conditioning and preparation if we do n't instil them at club level . |
| 14 | Oh well , now I do n't ask him at night because Is that i is we hardly have any sleep . |
| 15 | She does n't do it at home , she can easily go out |
| 16 | When when he has got when he 's got the time to go to , I do n't know where he gets them , he does n't get them at Marble Arch Marks I think . |
| 17 | Dad , you know I erm like I have n't sent you at home that are like good for you bad for you . |
| 18 | They have n't done it at home . |
| 19 | Oh no you have n't left it at work ? |