Example sentences of "n't [verb] to a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously I could n't mime to a voice of seventeen years ago , no way on earth ! |
| 2 | She quite obviously was n't listening to a word of it . |
| 3 | They they feel they ca n't keep to a timetable for that reason . |
| 4 | I think its possible to fall in love with the same person more than once , you fall in love with them and you get married for that as well as other reasons perhaps , and then you have children and you hardly see them really for the next ten years , at least this is what every one sort of understands and then and then erm and then when you have more time again you can fall in love all over again with exactly the same person , I think this happens to lots of people , which also does n't happen to a lot of people so you have n't |
| 5 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 6 | I mean you ca n't go to a pub without singing . |
| 7 | I wo n't go to a catalogue for mine . |
| 8 | Cos Norman sa , they would n't come to a house like that . |
| 9 | However , the budget would n't stretch to a trip to Brazil for Crenicichla species ‘ Xingu III ’ , to Camerun for Pungu maclareni , or to Lake Fwa in Angola . |
| 10 | ‘ Granted , I ca n't point to a place on the map and say this is where we are , but I 've got a pretty good idea . ’ |
| 11 | Rick might have put it a little differently : ‘ The problems of the little people do n't amount to a row of beans in this crazy world . ’ |
| 12 | Perkins said : ‘ To misquote the script of Casablanca , the problems of one old actor do n't amount to a hill of beans . ’ |
| 13 | She wo n't believe he ca n't get to a phone for much longer . |
| 14 | But when she got to prison all her mates were telling her , ‘ No , no , you do n't talk to a prisoner like that , you talk to her sharp . ’ |
| 15 | A&R staff do n't listen to a tape for the first time in front of a new artist . |