Example sentences of "n't [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 2 | She did n't want to hear what he had to say , did n't want to test a resistance that was already weakened . |
| 3 | I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game . |
| 4 | I am no expert on pickups but I do n't want to get a replacement if I can fix the existing one . |
| 5 | I do n't want to make a decision that will affect my whole life while I 'm still — intoxicated . ’ |
| 6 | You do n't want to make a loss if you do n't have to . |
| 7 | You ca n't wait to buy a copy and read some intriguing article you glimpse over a strap-hanging shoulder . |
| 8 | So it , it is hard to say , erm and I would n't like to make a prediction except that I think the number of postgraduate students may have fallen more than the number of undergraduate students , and that we may see already even in this first year erm a substantial not altogether healthy change in the national makeup of overseas students . |
| 9 | When it became obvious that the strike was n't going to last a fortnight or it was n't going to last a month . |
| 10 | He was n't going to wear a condom and I did n't have anything . |
| 11 | ‘ One player is n't going to make a team and international rugby is more about team planning and preparation these days than it was in the days of the great Welsh outside halves . ’ |
| 12 | You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat . |
| 13 | Erm we have n't bothered to book a stage because Derwent has one , etcetera , etcetera , etcetera . |
| 14 | Yes , it 's a spotlight for the guest , and yes , it 's their show to a certain extent , but you ca n't hope to have a rapport if you do n't exist . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't happen to have a cigarette and some dry matches , Ann , do you ? ’ |
| 16 | Snooker 's a lot more fun when you do n't have to wear a tie and waistcoat — who in their right mind would want to do that ? |
| 17 | You do n't have to kill a man because he 's got more money and a nicer home than you have . ’ |
| 18 | near , well not quite seven so I mean I do n't have to do a lot but I just liked to er take my time and you know |
| 19 | It 's you do n't have to sell a lot if er you 've got a couple of full pages and a couple halves . |
| 20 | ‘ You mean because you did n't have to get a job if you did n't want to ? ’ |
| 21 | Because it reproduces inside another cell in this parasitic way , erm , it does n't have to find a mate or even bother to split in half to reproduce by asexual means . |
| 22 | But I was on medical and BUPA hospitals had special arrangements where they did n't have to have a cheque and where did n't have to have a banker 's order . |
| 23 | So am I , I 'm going to have a , oh have a , an orange and a lemonade that 's right , that 's what I 'll have well you must n't forget to have a wee before you go out |
| 24 | That 's why I could n't ooh I could n't stand to marry a man that 's drank you know . |
| 25 | Right I got all four here of course I did n't bother to write a comment cos I 'm delighted . |
| 26 | She had better not invest it in the stock market , because she could n't afford to lose a penny and there was no such thing as a safe share . |
| 27 | They want to protect their individuals , who perhaps at the moment they ca n't afford to pay a salary if the guy 's off sick . |
| 28 | He 's divorced and does n't seem to have a job or much money . |
| 29 | you were really kicking your heels and erm quite apart from which in the winter time the er conditions were pretty grim because they had the erm anti-splinter netting over the windows and erm big blinds which had to be drawn as soon as it was dusk because er , of course you were n't allowed to show a light and erm if that was it became really thick |
| 30 | The only big difference in doing it this way is that you do n't get to specify a name or icon for the item . |