Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] n't [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Edward just did n't seem interested . |
| 2 | Captain Barton MacLane just did n't like private eyes . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ There is not one club in Britain that can be compared to this one — the trouble is people in England just do n't realise that . |
| 4 | The few hill-walkers and climbers that fancy a weekend away in February certainly do n't bring enough custom to keep the hotel owners in beaten copper coffee tables and onyx standard lamps . |
| 5 | Alison Kraemer simply did n't seem conscious of it . |
| 6 | Oliver please do n't do that . |
| 7 | Oliver please do n't do that to the flowers . |
| 8 | That 's fine but sentence six Florence teased Dougal , and did so Brian too does n't sound right but notice that 's exactly what you would get if you could substitute the proform for a subject verb construction and then it would mean Florence teased Brian too . |
| 9 | On the other hand , a wiggle or a riddle from Nik Kershaw surely does n't hold any aspirations other than being unpretentious entertainment . |