Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [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 | But he added : ‘ We do n't want our day in court … we would like to see a settlement . ’ |
| 4 | She had n't resented his withdrawal into music when his music had won world acclaim . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | " Dr McNab still has n't granted my request for evidence that cholera is spread by drinking water . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I ca n't sacrifice my sense of self-preservation for you . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And yet I do n't feel her presence in Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 12 | Not that John-William himself had n't done his share of cutting and laying-off , as the state of trade required it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He could n't keep his eyes off Ace . |
| 16 | ‘ I know you do n't clean your teeth with heroin . |
| 17 | He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people , though he had n't got their sort of money . |
| 18 | You have n't got your glasses on love , you wo n't be able to see the words . |
| 19 | I have n't told my husband in case he decides to up his score . |
| 20 | And he does n't like my form of questioning , as when I asked him if he believed that the gates of heaven could only be opened by gold and silver keys ? |
| 21 | I have n't got that , and of course I could n't run your version of setver unless I had setver cos it would say incorrect DOS version . |
| 22 | But he wo n't understand your love of colour and excitement , your need to dream , and he 'll stifle you with his possessiveness … |
| 23 | ‘ They do n't sound your kind of couple at all . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 25 | It depresses me that people do n't see our sense of humour , ’ says Steve , Bruce Forsyth style . |
| 26 | I could n't contain my feelings of disappointment , frustration and anger ! |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't move my fingers for cold . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She had n't heard Tom 's approach … and he had n't called her Lindie since Boxing Day . |
| 30 | He was covered in white frost from head to toe and he could n't stop his teeth from chattering . |