Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He drove grimly and skilfully and he drove very fast as if he could not wait to get her on the plane to England and out of his sight . |
2 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
3 | Well let , let , let , let me tell you , I do n't want to put you on the spot , the , the , the analogy is of er the typical pattern of development of a neurosis , which Freud says is a trauma that happens often in infancy . |
4 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
5 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
6 | You do n't want to stick them on the wall cos of bringing all the er paint off . |
7 | ‘ She did n't want to discuss it on the phone , that 's all I know . |
8 | ‘ She did n't consider accompanying you on the search for her daughter ? ’ |
9 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
10 | Barman John Meakin said : ‘ We just could n't face chucking him on the bonfire . |
11 | And I would n't miss having you on the payroll for anything , Angel . ’ |
12 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
13 | No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons . |
14 | Mind you , honestly , I would n't have put it on a dog kennel . |
15 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |