Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
| 2 | I do n't trust anyone as far as I could throw them : it 's as simple as that . |
| 3 | We erm , given that you have to do , okay , I did n't brief them as fully as I could of , and half way through I looked at it again just to make sure I had n't missed the bottom line that said , you know stand on your head instead in the park , so I just had a little read . |
| 4 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 5 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
| 6 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 7 | They do n't analyze it as often as we do . |
| 8 | I 've tried it to my peril a couple of times , and it really does get quite embarrassing , so that 's a difference , and of course on the grey handset , there 's a pitch control underneath as well as a volume control , okay , so they 're a bit more modern , but I do n't like these actually , because you ca n't hug them as easily as the cream ones , they just do n't sit on your shoulder . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't mind anything so long as we 're safe , ’ she said . |
| 10 | They do n't like it so well as London . |
| 11 | Believing that people were always like we are , they just did n't understand themselves as well as we do , leads to dangerous historical inaccuracies . |
| 12 | I ca n't see it as clearly as that — and perhaps it 's better not to see clearly — ’ |
| 13 | Oh well , she could n't drag herself as far as the Rex . |
| 14 | Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions . |
| 15 | Significant quotes from players were passed on to the writers who heard , for example , that the Europeans had a " quiet " lunch after the opening foursomes , that Tony Jacklin did n't sleep too well one night , that Strange and Kite do n't hit it as far as some , that the Americans were " stunned " after the first day and that , mostly , players thought the crowds behaved reasonably well . |
| 16 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |