Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Parents , do n't goad your children into resentment . ’ |
| 2 | A lot of the staff did n't want their faces on TV or names mentioned , which was understandable . |
| 3 | T. D. The discipline was tyranny but it was n't bad for us — two policemen walking along the road together , talking about women or football like everybody else , and they ca n't keep their eyes for crime or for offences being committed under their noses . |
| 4 | He could n't keep his eyes off Ace . |
| 5 | ‘ I know you do n't clean your teeth with heroin . |
| 6 | You have n't got your glasses on love , you wo n't be able to see the words . |
| 7 | I could n't contain my feelings of disappointment , frustration and anger ! |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't move my fingers for cold . ’ |
| 9 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 10 | He was covered in white frost from head to toe and he could n't stop his teeth from chattering . |
| 11 | He 's invested his own money in the project — and though he wo n't risk his legs with snow skiing , he could n't resist donning his waterskis for the cameras … |
| 12 | ‘ We d'Urbervilles do n't sell our horses for cat 's meat ! ’ he insisted . |
| 13 | Let me tell you , these guys do n't have our feelings about death or pain . |
| 14 | It did n't exalt your notions of food . |
| 15 | ‘ We wo n't change our minds on closure but if the legislation means we ca n't carry that out there is nothing we can do about it . ’ |
| 16 | Management accounts are easily accessed , and allow criteria selection to make listing aged debtors ( a sadly increasing race of accounts departments that do n't pay their bills on time ) and so forth very easy . |
| 17 | So , do n't wrap your children in cotton wool . |
| 18 | People could n't offer her expressions of sympathy . |
| 19 | And the names on the score sheet , do n't rub your eyes in disbelief when you see the morning paper , they are and . |
| 20 | He wo n't close his eyes in case you do something to him . |
| 21 | I did n't chew my nails with regret at giving him my virginity , furious at my weakness in lying down for him , and taking this boy in my arms just because he was English , a citizen of that great nation which had once ruled half the globe : nor did I blame myself for clinging on to an idea even though it meant severing my links with my country , and travelling to London alone without any member of my family . |