Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] a [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 | I do n't want marriage as a lifeline . |
| 3 | We get complaints from other traders who do n't want trading on a Sunday or from the public who just want a peaceful day . |
| 4 | There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men . |
| 5 | ‘ People think that you do n't need wood for a cremation , — the spokesman told New ’ Scientist , ‘ but you do , because bones are very difficult to burn , as that chap in North London found out . |
| 6 | Now , I do n't know poetry from a hole in the ground and I draw the line at having my head sawn off , even if it 's to save my trenchcoat . |
| 7 | We ca n't buy justice on an economy label . |
| 8 | For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’ |
| 9 | When was a time when you were assertive , just think you can be anything assertive over anything it does n't matter think of a time when you feel you were being assertive anybody think of a time when they were being assertive |
| 10 | I ca n't carry equipment for a youth club on my bicycle , so Paul used to pick me up in his car . ’ |
| 11 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 12 | I said look , Joan 's had her eye on she does n't smoke , Paddy does n't smoke pipe on a chair . |
| 13 | There was a woman called Wilkinson who could n't keep order in a birdcage . |
| 14 | But the consultant in charge says he ca n't run casualty like a supermarket . |
| 15 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 16 | But , when I was asked to go on a demonstration years ago , I did n't because I just do n't see gender as a problem . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't see television as an institution , nor as a continuum of programming into which my work must be fitted . |
| 18 | The French , who would n't set foot on a plage without weighing themselves down with their entire jewellery collection , are good at finding tiny little shorts with nifty frou-frou tops . |
| 19 | DR MARY Archer ca n't take part in a celebrity sponsored walk today because she 's on holiday . |
| 20 | Anyone who did n't take advantage of a situation like this was a fool . |
| 21 | Often found on good daysacks , the waist strap does n't take weight like a hip belt but it does provide extra stability . |
| 22 | just to go out on a Monday with her , cos she does n't have nursery on a Monday , Tiffany . |
| 23 | You ca n't have time as a decimal , time is not a decimal . |
| 24 | Mind you , I did n't have time for a refresher course , we just had to get on with it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | K : ‘ It is , because we do n't have room for a washing machine and they let us take the laundry to them . ’ |
| 27 | She would n't have supper for a start . |
| 28 | He gets a lot of comfort from the breastfeed , and as he has never had a bottle , and does n't drink milk from a cup , I feel it gives him some nourishment , too . |
| 29 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |
| 30 | But that does n't mean turn on a display of the kind of language that you would n't normally use |