Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now Mollie that 's , I have n't given you a large helping but it 's a ginger pudding .
2 ‘ I may as well confess , I had n't given it a single thought . ’
3 They squealed with delight as though they had n't heard it a hundred times before .
4 ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’
5 But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin .
6 Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’
7 Even so , it does n't make him a bad man . ’
8 He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’
9 Just because it 's a Number One does n't make it a better record than anything else that 's out that week .
10 And that does n't make it a good single .
11 The odd tipple wo n't make it a bad habit !
12 To which I would answer , first , that the witness is not before the court and has not been cross-examined on the matter , and secondly that just because something 's a ‘ well-known fact ’ this does n't make it a well-known fact about me .
13 ‘ I do n't consider you a reliable practitioner ! ’
14 They wo n't catch me a second time .
15 I 'm surprised erm people round corner did n't buy her a blinking blow up doll doll without the wedding tackle .
16 Martin Amis in 1980 when his Money could n't buy him a decent shirt
17 ‘ For , by God , they do n't know it , but they could n't do us a better service .
18 If you g if you have a problem with Burtons y they do n't send you a free suit , do they ?
19 ‘ And it has n't done me a whole lot of good , let me tell you !
20 Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance .
21 It did n't give me a positive attitude to psychiatric care or the regime in the National Health Service at all
22 Do n't give me a hard time , McLeish , just bloody do it . ’
23 ‘ Do n't give me a hard time , ’ she begged .
24 But it does n't give me a bitey-bluesy sound that a valve amp ought to have when just pushed into distortion .
25 We ca n't give them a new car park .
26 I do n't give them a welcoming smile .
27 I did n't give them a second glance .
28 We 've discovered that if you do n't give — when a deer comes in ; a road casualty or anything , we do n't give them a massive shot of steroids , it 'll die , so we can advise people giving them massive shot of steroids and er the deer live then you can start worrying about his injuries erm baby birds ; there 's classic ways of rearing baby birds which are very , very important at the moment 'cause there 's thousands of them around .
29 Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee .
30 People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance .
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