Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 2 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 3 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 4 | I 've trained her , but she has n't gone in for the exams . |
| 5 | As well as contributing to Oslobodjenje Camo is editor-in-chief of Nedjelja , a weekly magazine published by the same company , but which has n't come out for the last three months . |
| 6 | My sister and I were investments that did n't pay off for the income that is derived from investment is unearned income : having made that initial payment , the investor need make no further effort . |
| 7 | If you did n't watch out for the traffic |
| 8 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 9 | No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway . |
| 10 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 11 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
| 12 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 13 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 14 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
| 15 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 16 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
| 17 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 18 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 19 | It therefore did n't add up for the government or the CEGB to argue that nuclear power provided such an enormously valuable insurance cover . |
| 20 | I did n't stick around for the session . |
| 21 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
| 22 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 23 | erm , because you do n't stay back for a drink afterwards because you 're going to Strawberry Hill . |
| 24 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 25 | do n't sit around for an hour doing nothing |
| 26 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 27 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The Army ought to start asking questions when she does n't turn up for the nest course at the Fort ’ George said hopefully . |
| 30 | who were the religious police who were actually watching , so we have n't gone back for a while |