Example sentences of "[verb] n't [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the kids who are out there making music do n't necessarily want a record deal . |
| 2 | But you see we do n't really need a chainsaw do we ? |
| 3 | I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything . |
| 4 | ‘ I know you did n't m-much like the p-play . |
| 5 | Also , he did n't easily gauge the mood of a country emerging from war . |
| 6 | Many feminists have become uncomfortable with this idea , but we have n't been able to find any other argument that did n't immediately pose a threat to our basic position that women must control their own bodies . |
| 7 | Though he found the new car handled very well , it did n't immediately have the success it might have had in F1 , partly because Jackie missed a number of races after his Spa accident ; it improved the following year with a Cosworth engine , but by then he was already thinking of what his next move in F1 would be . |
| 8 | Naturally , I did n't immediately see the logic and justice of it . |
| 9 | They were heavy and had the words ‘ Do not refreeze ’ written on them , but I did n't immediately realize the significance of that . |
| 10 | Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin . |
| 11 | The Kylie and Jason myth was just beginning to grow , and the ‘ love-birds ’ themselves did n't exactly mind the attention . |
| 12 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 13 | It was a job he seemed to be going after with a vengeance , despite the fact that the sizzling summer temperatures did n't exactly encourage the use of much firewood , and the lodge had not had a winter season for nearly ten years . |
| 14 | She did n't exactly like the situation , but it was no big deal for her . |
| 15 | I did n't exactly have a presentiment — certainly not of anything like this happening . |
| 16 | I did n't like being called a rowdie , but then I did n't exactly have the time or resources to sue for defamation , if that 's the legal terminology for someone who slags you off in public . |
| 17 | The only trouble was that intelligent people did n't willingly take a car into the heart of a city as busy as Milan on a weekday . |
| 18 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 19 | But he did n't just try the handle . |
| 20 | But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress . |
| 21 | This is purely a reflection of the fact that we did n't clearly understand the cost of nuclear electricity ’ . |
| 22 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 23 | Erm and the other thing was that erm when Martin picked you up for being late , you did n't even give a reason for being late . |
| 24 | They did n't even wear a shirt . |
| 25 | Er they get rather sulky and offended to say the least , they get er , often they recruit academics and lawyers to say that the memories of abuse are fabricated , the memories of abuse they could n't really have happened because the people concerned were out of the country at the time and were on holiday anyway and er did n't even meet the family until the kid was eleven years old after it was sup and so on and so forth . |
| 26 | Father did n't even send the car . |
| 27 | She did n't even grip the seat — her hands were shaking too much . |
| 28 | Well , the you 've heard , I 've heard some people being nasty and , and they did n't say no , but it was always , not always it was occasionally done grudgingly , and , and erm in many cases of course it was done willingly , you know come in yes please do , and , and they did n't even want the penny that , that you offered them for the telephone call . |
| 29 | He bought four rounds of double scotches last night and it did n't even make a hole in what he 'd got . ’ |
| 30 | Erm in fact you notice I did n't even make a note on it . |