Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So it , it wo n't suit everybody , you might not want , in my case I do n't particularly want to live with a burglar alarm .
2 ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . )
3 Apart from doing the job of Principal ( for which I shall need a lot of help from the Lord ) , and living as a Christian I do n't yet know what the Lord wants me to do out there .
4 erm extrovert I do n't quite know about that
5 Of course I do n't really believe in it at all . ’
6 ‘ For the loss of my watch I did n't exactly come up trumps in the breakfast lottery .
7 ‘ Now that I know your ghost I do n't even have to wait for you to come home from the sea . ’
8 ‘ So when I went into labour I had n't really thought about whether or not to have an epidural .
9 A dame I did n't even know .
10 Mummy I do n't really like those shoes .
11 Nothing criminal , of course ; even in her present slightly illogical and decidedly vengeful frame of mind she did n't seriously suspect Count Romano de Sciorto of criminal activity .
12 Inside the car you do n't even notice it .
13 But er communism and politics are like religion they do n't necessarily deliver the goods .
14 Look for this boat it does n't even stop , blimey
15 I mean once we 're on the other side it does n't really matter
16 And after all the fuss that 's been going on in work I do n't really like to ask to go early .
17 And I can't — I can't-for a length of brown satin I did n't even steal .
18 ‘ In fact , when the match moved into the shoot-out I did n't really fancy our chances . ’
19 ‘ In fact , when the match moved into the shoot-out I did n't really fancy our chances . ’
20 Er just one question I do n't really understand the erm employment levels .
21 After her small bedroom at home , where beloved old ornaments belonging once to her mother jostled for space with a basket of ironing she had n't yet had time for , and nursing textbooks that would n't fit on her one small bookshelf , or her room at the nurses ' home , where exotic travel posters — gleaned from a travel agent next to her father 's hardware shop — could n't disguise the institutional plainness of the furnishings , this room seemed palatial .
22 Constance said , ‘ It 's a pity you did n't really know Nora .
23 But the best were his rose bushes , a type you do n't often see now .
24 Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week
25 After a few months of this kind of thing , it was a wonder we did n't automatically walk out of our homes every hour , on the hour , when we were on leave , to look at the weather .
26 they used to pour it out of a can you know , it 's a wonder we did n't all die of tuberculosis but we did n't .
27 ‘ It 's a pity we do n't ever stay here long — we are constantly sent out on missions .
28 They 're singing gold-rush songs at the tops of their voices in the dayniter and it 's a wonder they have n't all rocked the train right off the rails , with the noise and the booze . ’
29 Just in case you do n't already know , our Yobots piece was an April fool .
30 If you have a privilege you do n't easily give it up . ’
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