Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 2 | I went straight over and I did n't get up for about ten minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ Which makes it more difficult for us , ’ said Pooley , ‘ since they did n't hang around for as long as usual , and therefore every single one of them was unobserved by the others for a minimum of half an hour . ’ |
| 4 | We did n't hang around for as long that day — we must rigged the boats ( with a little help ) and prepared to set off . |
| 5 | He did n't , you did n't take out for nearly a year though in n it Bedge ? |
| 6 | There must have been one , a moment , in childhood when it first occurred to you that you do n't go on for ever . |
| 7 | " People do n't go on for ever — not even in banks ! |
| 8 | Well I do n't go in for about half an hour . |
| 9 | ‘ It says , ‘ They Take A Bite , But They Do n't Come Back For More ! ’ ’ she said . |
| 10 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 11 | ‘ She does n't come on for about ten minutes . ’ |
| 12 | You have n't stayed in for about two months ’ , which is true really . |
| 13 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |