Example sentences of "do n't [vb infin] the [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I had a chat with manager Billy Bonds and he said that , with all my problems , he did n't want the captaincy to be one of them . ’
2 ‘ It 's a pity you did n't forget the key to this place , ’ she told him .
3 And the way Sir William treated him did n't give the lie to the notion .
4 It 's a good job , she says , that they managed to complete most of the house before the birth , for they did n't anticipate the extent to which their lives would be turned upside down .
5 I did n't moor the boat to a financial institution , I moored it to the bank .
6 ‘ I genuinely did n't expect the team to be at the bottom of the Premier League .
7 They did n't get the train to Moscow .
8 My mother had already told him that she did n't know the answer to this question .
9 But she did n't like the answer to her question .
10 He did n't deny the truth to himself ; there was no point .
11 His wife Betty was n't taken by the cake at all ; she wrote and told me that she did n't find the flavour to her taste .
12 Jan Turner says that he helped organise an evererst marathon a few years ago and one sad thing about that was the local runners could not afford the right equipment or did n't have the money to tarin … so he 's here to help them
13 He did n't have the muscle to Dream it all up for himself .
14 He did n't have the answer to that yet , but it was n't her anger .
15 DO N'T TELL THE CODE TO ANYONE ELSE .
16 ‘ We 've done a lot to make sure that our equipment is safe ( it complies with British Standards 5750 and 5696 ) , but you do n't want the playground to be too safe or there 's no fun or adventure involved .
17 You do n't want the King to be your enemy .
18 The great problem we face is that obviously the authorities in South Africa do n't want the picture to be made , and we 're shooting it in Zimbabwe , where we 've been made very welcome , and erm the difficulties is the creation of South Africa in Zimbabwe , which means you have to go all over the place .
19 And that 's a serious side to cos if we in Council do n't lead the way to the way that we 're trying through the Euro Cities by offering what 's good in to Europe , developing those links so that we can share them with the community here and other cultural links , then we 're doing a dis- service .
20 They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century .
21 He is the person in direct contact with the real world of dirty rivers , the first stage decision-maker who normally controls his supervisor 's access to ‘ problems ’ and ‘ troublesome ’ incidents : ‘ If we do n't mention the fact to anyone higher-up , no-one ever knows .
22 If you do n't get the chance to really freshen up with a shower then Femfresh has the answer .
23 ‘ You do n't know the way to town . ’
24 " I do n't know the way to the seneschal 's office !
25 I do n't know the answer to all these questions .
26 Never feel a failure if you have to admit that you do n't know the answer to a friend 's question .
27 The elves do n't know the answer to that one … ’
28 Erm I do n't know the answer to his question but I think he 's put his finger upon a point .
29 I do n't know the answer to that .
30 Chemists do n't know the answer to this question .
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