Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a symphony , it has n't much benefited from the period instrument revolution — rather the reverse , in fact . |
| 2 | Predictably , excessive travel , the fact that county pros are n't better treated for the work they do compared to golfers or tennis players , and the lack of consideration for players in the winter . |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't just trapped in the tower , I also had the key to the door . |
| 4 | But then lions were n't generally subjected to the kinds of pressures she was under , Rory thought wryly , knowing she could never say the words aloud . |
| 5 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
| 6 | ‘ They were n't exactly enthralled with the idea . ’ |
| 7 | This new phenomenon was n't quickly recognized in the literature and as recently as 1980 , White and Woods 's edited text ( 1980 ) , The Geographical Impact of Migration , included three lengthy index entries on rural depopulation , rural-rural migration and rural-urban migration , but nothing on rural repopulation or counterurbanization , although there were four index entries for return migration . |
| 8 | I feel like the woods are revolving around me ; maybe if I was n't still handcuffed to the sergeant , I 'd fall over . |
| 9 | His blond hair was n't short cropped like the others , but was curly and fell over his collar . |
| 10 | ‘ You have n't ever fought in the dark ? ’ |
| 11 | This year though we want to attract new supporters and search out people who have n't traditionally supported Save The Children as well as building on the commitment of our existing supporters . |
| 12 | I know he has n't really gone to the shops . |
| 13 | ‘ I have n't really thought beyond the birth . |
| 14 | Ian , I wish we could go on talking endlessly about this because I find the subject quite fascinating and we have n't really talked about the details of your research . |
| 15 | And I have n't really recovered from the shock . |
| 16 | But it has n't really bitten into the issue of how we can control and operate and exploit the total environment . |
| 17 | They added it , I should have known , to try and get a younger audience and it was n't well understood by the people who wrote it . |
| 18 | IAIN DOWIE was n't even listed by the bookies as a potential scorer of the first goal . |
| 19 | Johnny had n't even flinched at the insult . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't even told about the wedding because he was largely under pressure , in a corner d' you see . |
| 21 | I had n't even looked at the floor in case I got nostalgic for my own personal locks now lost to me for ever . |
| 22 | So you 've implemented a procedure for wh which you have n't set up you have n't even looked at the resource information |
| 23 | This came quite naturally , I had n't even thought about the gender of a knitting machine . |
| 24 | He had n't even listened about the curtains . |
| 25 | ‘ All this and you have n't even got under the duvet with her yet , dear ! |
| 26 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 27 | I mean I did n't find any husbands going out and choosing lampshades , for instance , or they were n't particularly bothered about the colour of curtains . |
| 28 | It certainly is n't then boosted by the contents of the illest and most incontinent pigeon landing only inches away from your feet . |
| 29 | Perhaps my brain had n't fully recovered at the time , despite the sleep . |
| 30 | To the places that had n't quite worked out the way the designers had planned , the places where kids drift in a city , where they make up their own version of the city . |