Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 2 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 3 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |
| 4 | And this is why your first attempt to conduct a great work will often end up as a disaster , because you do n't know where the real points of stress are , you do n't know how the piece is distributed . |
| 5 | He did n't know where the other door was . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know where the bloody bitch is … |
| 7 | If I do n't know where the right place is , I ca n't very well can I ? |
| 8 | And he did n't know where the Em , he did n't know where the Emerald Isles was last week , he had to ask . |
| 9 | She watched it keenly through opera glasses from the third row of the empty stalls , and I do n't know how the poor actress carried on under the circumstances . |
| 10 | The discussion was somewhat academic , however , as we were far from a complete knowledge of the laws of science , and we did n't know how the initial state of the universe was determined . |
| 11 | I do n't know how the British press sees Austrian politics but there was a short note in the Daily Telegraph announcing that Margaret Thatcher was due to meet the Austrian President and you , with the headline ‘ Thatcher to meet von Karajan' ! |
| 12 | I do n't know how the little sucker did it . |
| 13 | Perhaps the producer hurried the film prematurely into production , or the director did n't carry out the necessary preparation . |
| 14 | Sorry , lads , ca n't beat back the Nazi hordes today , Fred 's left the key at home . |
| 15 | For them , classic clothes no longer have to be fussy or stuffy — an increasing number of British men want classic style , but wo n't give up the comfortable feel of the designer clothes they got used to in the Eighties . |
| 16 | ‘ Giles , Giles , ’ cried Liz , ‘ do n't shout so , it 's nearly the New Year , we ca n't bring in the New Year howling like wolves . ’ |
| 17 | They would n't bring in the heavy mob for me , I 'm not important enough . |
| 18 | Alice had said : ‘ It 's a pity your husband did n't leave him to drown and save himself , but I suppose that on the spur of the moment he did n't weigh up the relative value of a useful teaching career and pimpled stupidity . ’ |
| 19 | But glamour could n't drown out the tough talk from French car chiefs on the threat from Japan . |
| 20 | An example of that would be if you bought a new pocket calculator and then find it wo n't work then the legal position is the shop have broken their contract with you , because they 've sold you a pocket calculator which is not of merchantable quality , and you should be entitled to money back in a case like that . |
| 21 | does n't work out the right way , but that must be just the tip of the iceberg as far as you 're concerned . |
| 22 | What had been said was we would be open to the poss I ca n't remember now the exact words he used , but |
| 23 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 24 | When the price of such attractive styling on so usable a 5-string is this low , I ca n't understand why the whole country is n't playing them … |
| 25 | I ca n't see why the ordinary housewife should n't do it . ’ |
| 26 | well it is vanity , their health 's not gon na improve by er , with their breasts enlarged so I do n't see why the National Health should pay for that , if they want that doing they should pay themselves , different in Claire 's case because she 's got one breast extremely small and one large one so she 's got a deformity , that 's different , correcting a deformity 's different , but if you just wan na go from a size thirty two to a thirty six B , then you should pay for it do n't you think ? |
| 27 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 28 | But they could n't take away the heavy bathroom ware and one of our blessings was the unlimited hot water gushing at our touch into the expensive surroundings . |
| 29 | She did n't take out the folded sheet . |
| 30 | I told him that if he did n't cut out the vicious behaviour , Brian and I were going to cut out the co-operation , we 'd stop eating . |