Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [adv prt] 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 | Perhaps the producer hurried the film prematurely into production , or the director did n't carry out the necessary preparation . |
| 5 | Sorry , lads , ca n't beat back the Nazi hordes today , Fred 's left the key at home . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | They would n't bring in the heavy mob for me , I 'm not important enough . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | But glamour could n't drown out the tough talk from French car chiefs on the threat from Japan . |
| 11 | does n't work out the right way , but that must be just the tip of the iceberg as far as you 're concerned . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She did n't take out the folded sheet . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ He could n't go out the front door to play without being mugged . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , do n't put on the brave front for me ! |
| 17 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 18 | Erm I did n't write down the other things that you mentioned as we were going through that were n't on this list . |
| 19 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 20 | He would n't get out the bloody way . |
| 21 | Taking the piss and w he would n't get out the bloody way and I 'm trying to get through with that rack . |
| 22 | So I got one side but I bloody could n't get out the other side . |
| 23 | ‘ All the failsafes are power driven — if we do n't get out the whole section will depressurize ! ’ |
| 24 | Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching . |
| 25 | When you when archaeologists carry out the dig they do n't dig up the whole site . |
| 26 | My father ca n't climb up the narrow ladder from the top floor ; and , even if he could , I know he would n't be able to negotiate the twist you have to make to get from the top of the ladder , round the brickwork of the chimney flues , and into the loft proper . |