Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] n't [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many men simply assume that women are on the Pill and do n't even bother to ask . |
| 2 | I normally work on a 33MHz 486 , and do n't ever have to wait much for anything to happen . |
| 3 | ‘ What if I go and do n't never get to come back ? ’ said Dot . |
| 4 | She turned and ran with her bike the way she had come , and did n't even stop to jump on again , until the-cows were out of sight round a bend ! |
| 5 | Yet she was n't afraid and did n't even bother to open her eyes to find out if she would have to get up and run with Gloria for the shelters . |
| 6 | Papers abroad realised they just could not match us — and did n't even bother to try . |
| 7 | I have in mind a large ball , organised by and in aid of the Book Trade Benevolent Society ( since it failed to put on its annual Carol Service last month and did n't even bother to tell anyone ) , at which the whole book business could get together and celebrate the introduction of the new VAT regime as a way of warding off the post-Christmas blues . |
| 8 | Ace fell over , and did n't even attempt to stand again . |
| 9 | ‘ And to think that I had specially brought that card all the way from Croisset and did n't even get to put it in place ! |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't know her then , ’ he said , repressively , uneasily conscious that he had given Francesca no thought at all that day and did n't much want to think about her now . |
| 11 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 12 | He said today : ‘ I was n't sure what was going to happen and did n't really expect to make a decision . ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes he gets out of bed and does n't even want to play tennis at all ! ’ |
| 14 | Heading west on the return flight path , the instructor said , ‘ This is the first time I 've flown with a pupil and have n't once needed to touch the controls . ’ |
| 15 | Marion glanced at the picture , but did n't really bother to take it in . |
| 16 | Sometimes a mass of viscous lava gets intruded near the surface , but does n't actually manage to break through ; instead it forces up the surface of the ground on top , forming a considerable hill where there was no hill before . |