Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I do n't only try it on the |
| 2 | There were quite a few dunces , and er some did n't always get moved on and they did n't all make it into the top class , they had to stop again for another year , or period , in the class they were . |
| 3 | That way , when you bust your board , you do n't just toss it in the garbage . |
| 4 | Do n't just leave it to the media and politicians to protest — get up and do it yourself . |
| 5 | Do n't just leave it to the marketing people . |
| 6 | I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit . |
| 7 | They they ca n't just put it into the school fund . |
| 8 | Since we ca n't just purchase it from the chemist , we have to manufacture our own incentive . |
| 9 | Make a feature of it , do n't just stick it into a piece of furniture and hope it will look right . |
| 10 | ‘ And we do n't exactly want it on the front of the Daily Express , sir . |
| 11 | She did n't exactly replace it with a thump , but she saw fitzAlan glance at her before he sat up cautiously . |
| 12 | You ca n't possibly have it on a verb , and that 's another little rule you might like to think of , that you 're only going to get the apostrophe on a noun , and you will never get an apostrophe on a pronoun . |
| 13 | You could n't really manage it on a subaltern 's pay . |
| 14 | ‘ What you 're saying is , ’ she said , ‘ that one should n't even whisper it in the wind on the hill-tops because once said a thing can never be unsaid ; that expression gives power to thought ; that even the clear though unspoken formulation of a nebulous impression may be dangerous , giving it a force and potency which silence or merely a lack of clarification would deny to it . ’ |
| 15 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |
| 16 | I would n't even wish it on the person who did it to Paul . ’ |
| 17 | I mean he kept , I mean he did n't do anything to the city you ca n't even see it from the old one 's still standing and it 's in the wrong it 's so nice . |
| 18 | Behind the myth of the big drinkers like Hughie Gallacher and Jim Baxter , are the people who did n't quite make it to the realm of myth , the lonely bores , the manic depressives , the failed fullbacks and the defeated unfortunates who had to retire early and find a job in the real world . |
| 19 | England did n't quite make it in the Rugby World Cup but we did manage to fight rival bids from the likes of Sweden , Austria and Canada to host the prestigious Hair Olympics '94 . |
| 20 | ‘ I know what a slow comfortable screw is , Francis , ’ said Jay in her best Mae West , ‘ but I ai n't never done it against a wall . ’ |
| 21 | I mean , there are plenty of options with this station , including , in fact , you could actually float the timber across , you do n't actually carry it on the boat , you tie it to the back and float it across . |
| 22 | Nowadays The Hitman And Her is filmed ’ as live ’ , which means there 's all the panic and concentration of a live show , but they do n't actually broadcast it until the following week , as a safeguard against major disasters . |
| 23 | But those symbols of fire and of wind are useful because when we say God is in us , when we say the Holy Spirit is in us , we ca n't actually grab anything and say you know we ca n't actually put it on a video and say , that little bit to the right of my heart is the Holy Spirit . |
| 24 | If you say , as sometimes judges in Court cases do , sometimes child abusers do , oh she led me on , she was eager and willing , oh she erm , well judges do n't actually say it in the first person , do they , usually ? |
| 25 | I demonstrated the knitting of the ‘ sandwich ’ neckline but did n't actually sew it to the garment in class . |
| 26 | Well the speeds it achieves wo n't actually take it into the air … but it takes it into the record books . |