Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say it would n't relate to any accent in England anyway |
| 2 | I try to think of something smart to say to hide the fact that I 'm beaten , and finally come out with a pathetic ‘ I could n't stay in this stink without puking on the carpet . |
| 3 | They 're also supremely naive if they do n't think at some point in the future that MCA will hike out a similar compilation to the one Phonogram just have … that 's always assuming that they sort themselves out enough to have the required amount of hits . |
| 4 | I could n't think of any situation in which Flora could be jealous of me . |
| 5 | They do n't think in any sort of … of historical context . |
| 6 | Even his feminist anti-fans could n't quibble with that kind of sensitivity . |
| 7 | In theory , people who took out their cards before July 1977 — the date when the Consumer Credit Act became effective — and who still use the same cards , do n't qualify for this protection under their initial contract . |
| 8 | ‘ Poor Dora , she ca n't wait for this week to be over , ’ Melissa remarked . |
| 9 | Now a compression is , pressure on the brain , caused by fracture , bleed or blood clot now if a person has been suffering from concussion and it 's gone unnoticed , that bleed could be just carrying on and on and on and it could take up to four to five days before the compression shows itself so perhaps a week later they 're sitting down to breakfast saying ooh my head hurts , now the poor wife or husband , or whoever it is does n't know about that knock on the head that they had previously , unless somebody 's told them about it mm , so your casualty now is going to have this headache and a beauty , they 're going to be confused their levels of consciousness it will deteriorate face is very hot , dry flushed the pupils will become unequal and because of the pressure breathing becomes noisy if you feel the pulse , it 's going to be slow and strong and you will get paralysis on the opposite side to the compression , what are , what are the signs and symptoms of ? |
| 10 | I had n't come to any grief by not having a comprehensive view of that crocodile pool , ignorance really was bliss that day ; but when it comes to organizing a major event , failure to see the overall picture from the start can blight the whole business . |
| 11 | I had n't come to this place with the conscious intention of divesting myself of my now cumbersome virginity ; but from the moment I saw the actor again — certainly from the moment his arms went round me and I felt the sense of fond familiarity , of affection rediscovered — I knew it was inevitable that we should , sooner or later , make love . |
| 12 | So ‘ men are going to get off on women anyway , just walking down the street ’ and of course magazines whose raison d'etre is the presentation of the naked or seminaked female body as a spectacle are n't contributing to this state of affairs , are they ? |
| 13 | If it gave Eva pause for thought it certainly did n't show in any relaxation of the pace she set herself . |
| 14 | But Tony is n't listening to this programme at this moment . |
| 15 | The Bull & Gate surely was n't built for this sort of punishment . |
| 16 | I 'm not used to working Tuesdays I ca n't do with this break of the routine ! |
| 17 | We did n't feel brave at all it was just , we lived there and we did n't feel under any kind of threat . |
| 18 | And in my view what they could n't achieve on that night in Parliament in the nineteen forties is now being achieved by stealth , slicing bits and pieces away as they go along . |
| 19 | Erm so we just have to accept that tourists do n't dress in those sort of clothes . |
| 20 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 21 | Somehow one is n't prepared for that kind of situation … |
| 22 | Sara began to wish she had n't embarked on this explanation of how and why Matthew Preston owned half the house . |
| 23 | But still , she had n't got into this line of work to make friends . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 25 | ‘ Hell , I have n't thought about that station in years . ’ |
| 26 | Paul had n't thought about that side of things . |
| 27 | She ai n't used to this kind of pressure . |
| 28 | I ai n't used to this sort of thing . |
| 29 | Her boast was that she had been dancing at every RAF and American air force station within a 30-mile radius , and that she would n't look at any male with a rank lower than Squadron Leader or the American equivalent . |
| 30 | However , I did n't look at this piece of software . |