Example sentences of "n't [verb] [det] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You ca n't explain that sort of thing to people , though .
2 I should n't eat that kind of food ; yet other people can .
3 It 's a good job I do n't eat that sort of thing any more .
4 you know it 's either salted popcorn or the sweet popcorn , I could n't eat that amount of salt , it is chock-a-block full up with popcorn
5 You go to a seminar and say ‘ Listen , they do n't eat this kind of thing ! ’
6 It 's true , I have n't given much thought to Mummy .
7 ‘ Mother did n't make that kind of mistake . ’
8 And that 's hampering the whole development process because it 's high , high wages , high wages creates migration and the whole resource allocation reflects in the economies er are disrupted and because people are moving out of agriculture because they ca n't make any money from agriculture they think they can make some money in industry like agriculture itself is being starved of capital and er so it hampers the development process , I mean it 's a complicated business but er there may well be some , some sort of strands of sense that we can draw out of this , one of which may be well if the government sectors are too large in these countries essentially it does n't matter who owns these companies whether it 's , they were privately owned or government , erm if they are inefficient they are inefficient
9 It did n't make any kind of sense .
10 Oh , it simply did n't make any kind of sense !
11 It does n't make any sort of sense to back out now . ’
12 He did n't make any sort of sign of recognition , but he gulped his drink with urgency .
13 I ca n't make any promises of course .
14 I do n't want that kind of love , no , not that kind at all .
15 I do n't want that kind of hassle again , ya know ? ’
16 He would have shared the farm with his brother in the end , as was the Irish custom , but he did n't want that kind of life .
17 ‘ Well , if you do n't want that kind of life , I understand .
18 ‘ She does n't want that kind of party , ’ explained Camille .
19 ‘ We do n't want that kind of custom . ‘
20 I do n't want that type of jacket , I want that jacket .
21 But I do n't want that sort of marriage — no disrespect to your Sol , sister dear !
22 And you would n't want that sort of thing to happen in future ?
23 But if he 's there give it to him an , an an , an , tell him , you do n't want that sort of thing !
24 I do n't want some pieces of cake .
25 She had a room , north-facing ; she used to enjoy ‘ the films ’ herself until her eyesight got poorly ; she did n't want any money in advance .
26 Terry did n't want any truck with service medicos , he just wanted to get back to the States and see Madeleine , Sulome and Gabrielle .
27 ‘ Yes , we were , although it was a Cambridge officer who broke the news because I did n't want any delay in case the Press got it .
28 Most Brits do n't want any sort of sex , let alone good sex ; they just do n't like it .
29 And that at least is true , he thought , because if I were a crippled old man living on an early pension filtered through the Secret Vote — and thus controllable — I would n't want any whisper of indiscretion getting back to the Service .
30 We do n't want any accusations of negligence . ’
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