Example sentences of "n't [verb] to [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is any , any time left the honourable gentleman shall have it , erm the honourable gentleman , the member for Nottingham North did say that he d was n't looking to proportional representation for these elections , I think he was absolutely right , I hope that piece of good sense which he displayed then will be one that wi he will invest his thoughts in when it comes , we come back to these questions later . |
| 2 | They do n't refer to particular cases of primary school closure in any particular location . |
| 3 | And hair roots ca n't respond to physical stimulation in that way . |
| 4 | If they ca n't commit to high rates of profit , perhaps they should be working for a second-rate firm which plays budgetary games . |
| 5 | The world has an image of this country as democratic , the Switzerland of Central America , and when the tourists come , they only go to the beautiful parts , but they do n't go to other parts like Batan , Limón , Los Chiles , the peasant [ communities ] in the southern zone , where people live in difficult situations . |
| 6 | do n't get to old age with no money . |
| 7 | I think they did n't like a lot of bright light in the house in the fifties , er and of course before that and er now that people they 've got such good lighting in the offices where they work that they feel that , well they ca n't bear to poor lighting at home and yet there are still people who will watch a colour television with er no lights on in the room at all |
| 8 | She was n't chatting to other people in the queue . |
| 9 | So he did n't listen to odd jibe about our millionaire friend , and he did n't ask them to pay . |