Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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1 | I had a small beach searchlight but was not allowed to switch it on at night . |
2 | I can not afford to buy it back at today 's prices . " |
3 | She had no time to dwell on the matter , however , because , ever a man with no time for prevarication , he replied , ‘ Not trying to trip you up at all , ’ then grated bluntly , ‘ More trying to discover just how many ‘ close ’ men friends you do have . ’ |
4 | if , if , if he says I 've done it in class and I do n't want to finish it off at home , that 's fair enough , but what 's gon na happen when he gets to secondary level and he 's got this idea that if he does n't finish it in class , that 's it , he does n't do it , he wo n't finish learning the topic |
5 | I mean , I have n't had to clean it out at all . |
6 | and erm , they were absolutely chocker , they were really full and he said erm , I sa , he said he had n't had to fill them up at all in all the time that it 's been running , and no , I asked him if he had any enquiries and nobody stopped him and asked anything about it , and then he turned to the other lad who was beside him the sales assistant and he said no I 've had no enquiries at all , so that was it . |
7 | I did n't have to pay mine back at well I ca n't afford anything really ! |