Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 2 | Most of these are rather old , and do n't relate to the present Plate Tectonic picture , but rather to the situation ten or twenty million years ago . |
| 3 | The following people still have n't subbed to the new list , so remember your messages are n't getting through to them . |
| 4 | This is n't intended for the profound jottings which occur in the back of the van after a gig ( to be auctioned at Sotherby 's when you are dead ! ) . |
| 5 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 6 | She could n't stay in the small office with Roman 's lazy , taunting presence . |
| 7 | I started to feel I could n't stay in the same room as you . |
| 8 | On the whole though , it is a very cheap country to visit if you do n't stay in the big hotels . |
| 9 | The little volume , which deals with cooking out of doors for motorists , cyclists , campers , walkers , and fishermen has never been translated into English and would n't be of much practical use to us if it were , because the majority of the recipes are based on the products to be bought at the " village charcutier " , an institution which does n't exist in the British Isles . |
| 10 | For example , supposing you erm , this , this , this was used principally in child analysis , which did n't exist before the First World War , it was developed afterwards . |
| 11 | Perhaps she has n't heard about the little delay in the proceedings , caused by the contretemps with ben Issachar , and the stint in the tree . |
| 12 | " You obviously have n't heard of the noble institution of the congaie ? " |
| 13 | Teething gel ( I had n't heard of the homeopathic granules then ) just before a feed established normal feeding again . |
| 14 | On August 8 Johnny Marr , who was n't consulted about the above communication , issued this reply to the NME : ‘ There is nothing approaching acrimony between myself and the other members of the band . |
| 15 | I ca n't compare with the other companies in the industry . |
| 16 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 17 | We do n't think of the collective morality , the collective responsibility , in our society , for other people 's distress . |
| 18 | Er , you 're right , erm I ca n't think of the right word er |
| 19 | ‘ I meant , well , I just meant that — I du n no , I just ca n't think of the right words . |
| 20 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 21 | That night , Jim was a bit happier and did n't think about the previous worries . |
| 22 | They did n't think in the right way . |
| 23 | Faye began to struggle to sit up , but Belinda forestalled her , relieved that the other woman had n't commented on the tired bags beneath her eyes that even make-up could n't fully conceal . |
| 24 | The thought made her shudder , but the fact that he had n't referred to the ghastly possibility himself made her wonder if Isabelle had kept her pregnancy a secret from the de Rochefort clan . |
| 25 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 26 | ( You 'd think he might have been a bit more careful — after all , this was n't happening in the Dark Ages before birth control was invented . ) |
| 27 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 28 | A MUCH-PRAISED AMERICAN playwright , John Guare has never received his due in this country — not , I think , because his comedies do n't appeal to the English sense of humour but because it 's difficult for actors here to get across their vision of insane optimism and everyday insanity . |
| 29 | During the damp November evenings when the gas lamp flickered in the wind , nothing would convince me that danger was n't lurking in the eerie shadows . |
| 30 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |