Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't regard my engagement to Peter as any sort of mistake , ’ she managed to say . |
| 2 | You should n't expose your lack of curves to the world . |
| 3 | That did n't make his love for Sien any less true . |
| 4 | But he added : ‘ We do n't want our day in court … we would like to see a settlement . ’ |
| 5 | She had n't resented his withdrawal into music when his music had won world acclaim . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you telling me you have n't posted my letter to Richard ? |
| 7 | And I hated having to give her my letters to you , but I could n't think how else to get in touch because I did n't know your address in Australia . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know my way around Beirut . ’ |
| 9 | Then , you know , he testified in my father 's tax trial , and he really made an absolute ass of himself because he did n't know his geography of Washington . |
| 10 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 11 | Do n't show your face around Gere |
| 12 | " Dr McNab still has n't granted my request for evidence that cholera is spread by drinking water . |
| 13 | If Lotta had n't made her entry on cue and Rune had decided to prolong the specious friendship he had conjured up until she had duly appeared on the scene … |
| 14 | ‘ I was extremely unfair , uncharacteristically , to Mr Kinnock when I said he had n't made his position on PR absolutely plain , ’ said Mr Patten , warming up his audience . |
| 15 | Keegan is likely to name the same starting eleven which beat Portsmouth at home last week , although he wo n't confirm his team until lunchtime today . |
| 16 | I ca n't sacrifice my sense of self-preservation for you . |
| 17 | You ca n't harass your debtor with demands which , because of their frequency or manner , will cause him or his family alarm , distress or humiliation . |
| 18 | It was quite a new idea over here , you did n't do your washing at home but brought it out to these machines , and the courteous manager greeted you and put in the soap powder for you , and had the clothes all ready for you when you came back , but was n't alas , as it turned out , much of a hand at doing the accounts . |
| 19 | And yet I do n't feel her presence in Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 20 | ‘ Victoria has n't seen her father for months . |
| 21 | I have n't seen your family for months . |
| 22 | I have n't seen your family for months . |
| 23 | I have n't seen your family for months . |
| 24 | I have n't seen your family for months . |
| 25 | I have n't seen your family for months . |
| 26 | He had n't seen his uncle since Friday and they had no idea where he was . ’ |
| 27 | In my hurry and in the conceit that is deep within many of us pilots , with our belief in our own infallibility , I had n't done my pre-take off checks . |
| 28 | Not that John-William himself had n't done his share of cutting and laying-off , as the state of trade required it . |
| 29 | If they had not abandoned you then you would not be here , you would not be wanting to run the width of the compound to drink the shit you would n't give your dog at home . |
| 30 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |