Example sentences of "do n't [adv] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the kids who are out there making music do n't necessarily want a record deal . |
| 2 | But you see we do n't really need a chainsaw do we ? |
| 3 | I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything . |
| 4 | Many feminists have become uncomfortable with this idea , but we have n't been able to find any other argument that did n't immediately pose a threat to our basic position that women must control their own bodies . |
| 5 | I did n't exactly have a presentiment — certainly not of anything like this happening . |
| 6 | The only trouble was that intelligent people did n't willingly take a car into the heart of a city as busy as Milan on a weekday . |
| 7 | Erm and the other thing was that erm when Martin picked you up for being late , you did n't even give a reason for being late . |
| 8 | They did n't even wear a shirt . |
| 9 | He bought four rounds of double scotches last night and it did n't even make a hole in what he 'd got . ’ |
| 10 | Erm in fact you notice I did n't even make a note on it . |
| 11 | I did n't even read a book on it , I just shut out that much . |
| 12 | Heinemann liquidated Anthony Burgess ' early novel The Worm and the Ring , although the complainant — a school secretary from Banbury — did n't even share a name with the character she thought resembled her . |
| 13 | But you did n't even have a wife — at least , not one that you had any contact with . |
| 14 | ‘ It did n't even have a door ! |
| 15 | The village did n't even have a name , and was n't placed on any maps of the country . |
| 16 | A former merchant banker , Le Roux knew little about motorbikes ; he did n't even have a license to drive one . |
| 17 | Kelly would understand , of course , but she was many miles away , working on location , and Shae did n't even have a contact number . |
| 18 | The NY-5 loved being tuned to dropped D , settled more than happily into DADGAD , and did n't even have a problem coping with a low C on the bottom string in conjunction with a heavy plastic thumbpick . |
| 19 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 20 | Yesterday evening we had a courtesy visit to our rooms from Comrade Wong , Vice-Chairman of the Institute 's Revolutionary Committee , Comrade Chang our cadre organizer , and the luckless Comrade Interpreter Wong , who spent the whole time interpreting , so that he did n't even have a chance to drink his tea or to eat a biscuit . |
| 21 | We did n't even have a couple of hours . |
| 22 | Now that okay no problems there , second and third but look at this , he gave the first second and third and they did n't even have a handicap . |
| 23 | And we did n't even have a biscuit , did we ? |
| 24 | We shared the beans out among the sick and the Poor from our canton , who did n't even have a plot of land of their own . |
| 25 | " He did n't even have a roof over his head . " |
| 26 | Dalton was a lorry driver , Fox did n't even have a driving licence . |
| 27 | You know , I did n't even have a headache . |
| 28 | He did n't even have a gun . |
| 29 | It 's like ‘ Wow , he did all that and he did n't even have a band ! ’ |
| 30 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |