Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And do n't throw your suitcase on the floor … now you 'll have to pick everything up . ’ |
| 2 | He was a callous brute , and if she did n't need his protection on the journey to Winchester she would n't care if he bled to … |
| 3 | I mean … you did n't finish your work on the ghost orchids ? ’ |
| 4 | Wilson received an injury in the third minute , but that did n't hamper his stand on the game . |
| 5 | Even Ken could n't keep his mind on the action . |
| 6 | I did n't read my newspaper on the train at all this morning . |
| 7 | He wo n't have his name on the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Your mother did n't put my grandfather on the birth certificate ? ’ |
| 9 | DO N'T PUT YOUR BALL-ACT ON THE STAGE |
| 10 | Dad 's got a Thing against acting — ‘ Do n't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington ’ — he whines on about eighty-five per cent of actors being unemployed at any one time — ‘ All the travelling — the stress — actors with their massive egos … ’ |
| 11 | Do n't put your daughter on the stage , Mrs Worthington , send her to be trained as a computer programmer . |
| 12 | well you did n't put your coat on the other day when you went for the paper |
| 13 | Then it would be Bridewell at least , if they did n't stretch her neck on the gallows . |
| 14 | She crept downstairs , holding the green enamel candlestick high above her head so that she did n't lose her footing on the narrow wooden stairs . |
| 15 | Zednik says : ‘ Petr is still extrovert on court but the difference is now that he does n't lose his concentration on the next point as much as he used to . ’ |
| 16 | But what substance makes him produce answers such as this to a question about extending unemployment benefits : ‘ If a frog had wings , he would n't hit his tail on the ground — too hypothetical . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Calvin , do n't turn your back on the guests . |