Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 2 | And more to the point he did n't disappear on a massive binge , and he gave all that money to his sister . |
| 3 | The conductivity does n't stay at a certain level then ? |
| 4 | He says male rape does n't exist as a legal entity in this country , the law needs changing to alter people 's perceptions It 's the same as any other serious sexual crime |
| 5 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 6 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |
| 7 | erm architecturally I suppose it does n't compare with a medieval university . |
| 8 | erm Architecturally I suppose it does n't compare with a mediaeval university . |
| 9 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 10 | Erm a new factory going into the area for example will have a choice between one of Selby 's erm ca n't think of a suitable adjective , large requirement for industrial land , or it will go into the new settlement . |
| 11 | ‘ And I only found out this morning from Dr Greene what a … a … | ’ she could n't think of a suitable word and said finally , ‘ … celebrated painter you are . ’ |
| 12 | Maggie could n't think of a suitable reply to that . |
| 13 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 14 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 15 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 16 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 17 | I mean , we do make all sorts of allowances with exams you know , people repeat words and th and they can leave words out and they ca n't think of a eloquent way of expressing that something at the spur of the moment so it 's |
| 18 | I ca n't think of a single occasion in which this might come in handy . |
| 19 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 20 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |
| 21 | but someone he could trust , someone who understood the language , someone who would afterwards be gone , who would n't remain as a perpetual reminder of his uncertainties , a fellow professional to whom he could comfortably think aloud . |
| 22 | However , there is an attempt to set up a message desk , where if your phone , at the moment , switchboard will put calls through to you , if you do n't answer by a certain number of rings , it will either divert to another number or come back to the switchboard . |
| 23 | She realized that she was n't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet . |
| 24 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 25 | If you ca n't wait for a new model , the Black & Decker Woodworker is ideal for the beginner , or for those wanting a second router for lots of small repetitive tasks . |
| 26 | Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that . |
| 27 | Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that . |
| 28 | The slot was n't occupied with a high speed video or IDE host adaptor , although Western Systems will offer a VL Bus video card in the near future . |
| 29 | Interestingly , this did n't translate into a great database benchmark in the What Personal Computer Power Tests , although it still returned an overall score of around 14,500 . |
| 30 | Having assured itself of that source , however , does n't translate into a positive factor — merely a neutral one . |