Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 2 | Most of these are rather old , and do n't relate to the present Plate Tectonic picture , but rather to the situation ten or twenty million years ago . |
| 3 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 4 | She could n't stay in the small office with Roman 's lazy , taunting presence . |
| 5 | I started to feel I could n't stay in the same room as you . |
| 6 | On the whole though , it is a very cheap country to visit if you do n't stay in the big hotels . |
| 7 | The little volume , which deals with cooking out of doors for motorists , cyclists , campers , walkers , and fishermen has never been translated into English and would n't be of much practical use to us if it were , because the majority of the recipes are based on the products to be bought at the " village charcutier " , an institution which does n't exist in the British Isles . |
| 8 | For example , supposing you erm , this , this , this was used principally in child analysis , which did n't exist before the First World War , it was developed afterwards . |
| 9 | I ca n't compare with the other companies in the industry . |
| 10 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 11 | We do n't think of the collective morality , the collective responsibility , in our society , for other people 's distress . |
| 12 | Er , you 're right , erm I ca n't think of the right word er |
| 13 | ‘ I meant , well , I just meant that — I du n no , I just ca n't think of the right words . |
| 14 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 15 | That night , Jim was a bit happier and did n't think about the previous worries . |
| 16 | They did n't think in the right way . |
| 17 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 18 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 19 | A MUCH-PRAISED AMERICAN playwright , John Guare has never received his due in this country — not , I think , because his comedies do n't appeal to the English sense of humour but because it 's difficult for actors here to get across their vision of insane optimism and everyday insanity . |
| 20 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 21 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 22 | The Baron 's brows drew together , but he did n't jump to the immediate conclusion she 'd feared . |
| 23 | If you do n't fall into the professional category however , you will need to be very sure that you are going to get a lot of use out of the People disk to justify the cost . |
| 24 | When you receive the buyer 's requisitions on title , try to be more helpful than " cagey " in your answers and do n't fall into the easy habit of giving stereotyped and evasive replies if you could be more helpful . |
| 25 | I 'm determined that Constance wo n't fall into the same trap . ’ |
| 26 | Tobacco advertisers nevertheless reach a collective readership of 7mn such women by using magazines that do n't fall within the tight definition in the agreement ; and they increased their spend on cigarette advertising in women 's magazines by 10% in real terms between 1984 and 1988 . |
| 27 | ‘ Although I ca n't approve of the sexist metaphor . |
| 28 | I ca n't wait for the mini series . |
| 29 | Somebody Who Ca n't Wait For The New Morrissey Record , Milan |
| 30 | An absolute winner — I ca n't wait for the new items in the series . |