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 . |