Example sentences of "n't [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 2 | You ca n't wait to buy a copy and read some intriguing article you glimpse over a strap-hanging shoulder . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was n't going to wear a condom and I did n't have anything . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't happen to have a cigarette and some dry matches , Ann , do you ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He 's divorced and does n't seem to have a job or much money . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I was n't trying to start a riot or anything like that when I reacted as I did . |