Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't much care for nature in the raw : it was messy and wasteful and there was too much of it . |
| 2 | However , the real reason for starting with observation is that communication does n't merely depend on observation in these two ways : in effect , communication itself is a kind of observation . |
| 3 | ‘ People do n't normally talk about science on that show . |
| 4 | Yeah but housewives do n't usually go to sleep at this time in the afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't usually cry in front of strangers . ’ |
| 6 | I did n't usually get to bed until 11 or 12 pm . |
| 7 | And friendship with one generation does n't automatically lead to friendship with the next , ’ she pointed out with delicate sarcasm . |
| 8 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 9 | I ca n't really stay in bed past nine o'clock . |
| 10 | Do you know y y you , it 's a different aspect , you go out here and all you see everything at ground level and you ca n't really see on top of everything |
| 11 | I do n't really keep in touch with anyone from prison now . |
| 12 | ‘ I mean , we ca n't simply go from table to table asking , can we ? ’ |
| 13 | I wrote a lot about gay politics during the seventies , including a book on it , but when I look back on it , I do n't actually talk about sex at all . |