Example sentences of "[verb] n't come [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regarded Lucy reflectively , then grinned as he said , ‘ It 's just as well you did n't come downstairs in that tell-tale state . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't come here for a boozy evening . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We did n't come here to entertain Hibs supporters . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Are you sure you did n't come here , to your office ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't come here for a pen portrait . |
| 6 | They did n't come here to be monsters , presumably . |
| 7 | He says : ‘ I did n't come here to put a notch on Chris 's belt . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't come here to hear this , ’ Gentle said . |
| 9 | I did n't come here to see sights . |
| 10 | Yorkshire prairie on a Yorkshire farm and you know what I mean , and now I go to Manchester and say thank god I did n't come here |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Nicholson , we did n't come here for a battle , ’ said Clinton . |
| 12 | I have no right and you have been very generous , Fred , Uncle Steve and the boys and Gertie ca n't understand why you did n't come here with us , Gert only said this morning that you ought to be here , your place is with us , but do n't think I am not grateful . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't come here to discuss the past , Natasha . |
| 14 | ‘ No , I was in all the evening and he certainly did n't come here . |
| 15 | ‘ And he did n't come here ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'm surprised you did n't come here , but I expect you wanted to keep a façade of respectability . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't come here to bargain with you , Luke , ’ she offered caustically . |
| 18 | But I 'm sure you did n't come here to talk about my sartorial kinks … ’ |
| 19 | She said huskily , ‘ I did n't come here to wreck anything . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't come here so you could feel sorry for me . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're talking about something I 've never been told about , and I did n't come here to find out . |
| 22 | First of all , I think that it it 's difficult to be sure of this because of the way in which the County Council prepared their the evidence on which I relayed relied and like Mr I did n't come here prepared to talks in detail about the inner northern . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't come here to talk about Silvia . ’ |
| 24 | I did n't come here to apologise . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't come here to argue with you , Luke . |
| 26 | Absolutely , you did n't come here and kick and rush , you did n't come here and defend , you played some delightful football , football I know you always like to play , that must have pleased you the way the game was played . |
| 27 | Absolutely , you did n't come here and kick and rush , you did n't come here and defend , you played some delightful football , football I know you always like to play , that must have pleased you the way the game was played . |
| 28 | If Luke did n't come soon she would lose her nerve altogether and bolt . |
| 29 | But I certainly think that with regard to Concept Catering , the merger did not come s , could almost , did n't come soon enough , because we needed to turn Concept Catering , from a school meals organisation into a catering organisation , and give it stronger management and a better lead and a better appreciation of what it means to be customer oriented . |
| 30 | It was a late abortion it did n't work straight away , it m probably the baby died but it did n't come away from her you see and er , it was a shame , but she oh she was called a very bad woman you know because her husband was fighting for his country and and er you know . |