Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't defend it as the best way of getting the correct decision , he does n't defend it , or he does n't solely defend it that way he does n't defend it either on the idea that people have right to be tried by their peers for example which is the most likely defence now , but he defends jury service on the grounds of the effect it has on the jurors which is quite a novel erm . |
| 2 | Although he had n't actually handled her particularly roughly , she lost her balance and went sprawling on the floor . |
| 3 | Although he did n't yet know it , he had won hands down . |
| 4 | He was anxious about making absolutely sure that another person was present in The Randolph at the lunch session with the American tourists ; and he learned quite unequivocally that this person was there , although he did n't actually speak to him . |
| 5 | Although he did n't actually say there had been competition , the implication was very strong . ’ |
| 6 | yeah , that 's what I thought and , but if that was n't bad enough , my mum because she knows these things , even said that he does n't even say ho , ho , ho , Green Giant , does n't , they do n't even sing that song when they 're working they could n't sing , and you know the little corn on the cob man |
| 7 | Er champion of champions we 've , I bought some prizes for the champion of champions , and food er just to go with the trophies er Keith again was our judge and erm knowing that he does n't willingly accept money , he wants to come and do it for nothing erm how many proposed that we buy him something a bottle to take with him , so we bought him a bottle of wine to take with him and er that was the three pound . |
| 8 | I said mark the chap that she 's got at the moment is taking her out to discos and things and she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 9 | and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 10 | The pronunciation he knows gets in the way , so that he does n't really see what he 's written down . |
| 11 | But he wears his slippers to remind one that he does n't really have to . ’ |
| 12 | But his use of the -le ending reinforces the idea that he does n't really understand what -e does as his attempts at mise chifing and stown have already shown . |
| 13 | Porfiry means that he does n't really believe in his theory ; to wonder if he is a Napoleon is to prove to himself that he is n't . |
| 14 | To make matters more confusing , although A starts by saying yes , indicating he agrees , it becomes clear that he does n't entirely agree and is off on another tack . |
| 15 | Aside from the fact that he does n't actually discuss it in any detail , there is little more than a disappointed huffing and puffing at the exhaustion of the avant-garde 's shock value ( backed up by a particularly crass quotation from Peter Bürger about Duchamp 's readymades ) and some utterly routine panting over the outlandish prices being currently paid for Van Goghs — plus a quotation from a sub-Warholian Manhattan ‘ artist ’ answering an art magazine questionnaire with a few smart remarks about business and producing art for the market . |
| 16 | She caught herself smiling ridiculously when he 'd gone , and realised that she felt quite cheered that he had n't simply given her a lift to Prague , seen her safely installed in the spare bedroom , and then forgotten about her . |
| 17 | The fact that Marc had registered her exact words seemed to say that they meant something — that he had n't simply dismissed what she had yelled out from the shower , but that he had remembered and , as it seemed now , had brooded over them for some time . |
| 18 | He began talking about the state of the world , saying that he had n't even looked at a newspaper all day , when one was enjoying oneself one too easily forgot everything that was not on the personal level : and yet how desperately the economic situation was deteriorating everywhere week by week , it could not end well , it might lead to anything . |
| 19 | However , it did n't stop Charlie wanting to taste Coca-Cola , the latest drink from America , at a cost of a penny a bottle ; or to try the new safety razor from Gillette — despite the fact that he had n't even started shaving — at sixpence for the holder and twopence for six blades : he felt sure his father , who had only ever used a cut-throat , would consider the whole idea sissy . |
| 20 | Eleanor immediately pointed out that he had n't exactly held his wife , who was thoroughly unfaithful if half the tales he 'd told were true . |
| 21 | Wilkins also told magistrates that he had n't deliberately tipped his drink over the bar but that it had been an accident . |
| 22 | She realised that he had n't ever responded to her first mildly scolding words as they left the Hamiltons ' . |
| 23 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 24 | It was a period of penury such that James and his team spent one night in Pau furtively thieving back the petrol that had been stolen from their car and eventually hitchhiking back home via Le Havre , with no food on the way — and it brought out in James qualities of tenacity that he had n't really suspected in himself . |
| 25 | Not until she had had time to explain that Oliver was only a little boy , that he had n't really understood … |
| 26 | That was what stung most of all — the fact that he did n't even expect her to complete the one thing she loved doing in all the world , the one thing she was good at . |
| 27 | It could have been a personal call , but Doyle 's sixth sense for trouble was registering so strongly , that he did n't even bother to hope . |
| 28 | Milestone discovered that he did n't even have to yell ‘ Cut ’ because Brando would give the signal himself for the cameras to stop turning . |
| 29 | Yesterday evening we had a courtesy visit to our rooms from Comrade Wong , Vice-Chairman of the Institute 's Revolutionary Committee , Comrade Chang our cadre organizer , and the luckless Comrade Interpreter Wong , who spent the whole time interpreting , so that he did n't even have a chance to drink his tea or to eat a biscuit . |
| 30 | She knew that he did n't even like whisky . |