Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [noun] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 2 | So how can we ensure that we do n't fall victim to the cheque cheats ? |
| 3 | You do n't need access to the files . |
| 4 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
| 5 | The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running . |
| 6 | I think we ca n't do justice to the point you 've raised in the time at our disposal , but it is a very important issue . |
| 7 | Hairshafts are totally dead , so cutting them ca n't send messages to the hair roots . |
| 8 | Lou Macari signed a three year contract with Celtic this afternoon then told Scotland Today he would walk away if he could n't bring success to the club in that time . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Ross does n't like visitors to the island , ’ Tony said in a quiet voice . |
| 10 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |
| 11 | They ca n't take children to the school door . |
| 12 | If you are staying in a caravan or tent and do n't have access to a refrigerator , buy food only as you need it . |
| 13 | This is because the denizens of the past did n't have access to the theory of cognitive metaphor , and that way of understanding language . |
| 14 | Do n't leave research to the research department . |
| 15 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |
| 16 | FOREIGN FIELDS : Deborah Pugh follows a session of the Cairo climate conference with David Trippier , British Environment Minister The ca n't pay , wo n't pay approach to the problem . |
| 17 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 18 | You would n't get McQuaid to the house without whiskey . ’ |
| 19 | Nails knew them both by sight ; they would n't say boo to a goose , called each other mum and dad , even when they were alone together , homely sorts . |
| 20 | I picture some self-effacing little creature who wo n't say boo to a goose . ’ |