Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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1 | I mean you 're going with me now if I do n't make the grade at the interview |
2 | exercise some option to , to switch it over and I did n't need the cash at the time |
3 | You do n't need the diploma at the top |
4 | Do n't like the dentist at the best of times . |
5 | Polly did n't understand the bitterness at the corners of his mouth . |
6 | He could n't see the hedge at the far end . |
7 | ‘ It is a pity you did n't see the girl at the place she died . |
8 | ‘ The basic problem is that everything has been pushed out , and we ca n't see the light at the end of the tunnel , which is bad for shares . |
9 | Now one of the problems is in the Army , that if you do need support , it 's a sign of weakness , it 's a sign of failure , it 's almost impossible for you to get the kind of counselling and help that a lot of young lads need , and I think that a lot of young people in the Army today who maybe have got a lot of worries in their soul , and they do n't have the courage at the moment or the possibility of getting that help because of the Army culture . |
10 | I could n't stand the bloke at the time . |
11 | Although I could n't tell the difference at the time , I was in fact wrong yesterday and right today , and this is sufficient to ground a difference in the outside observer 's description of me as knowing today but not knowing yesterday . |
12 | but it does n't solve the problem at the other end . |
13 | In her haste to answer it , my wife did n't fasten the gate at the top of the stairs properly . |
14 | There are a few minutes , perhaps not more than three or four , when I exist in a bewildering storm of hope , joy , incomprehen-sion and dread , when they do n't find the body at the bottom of the shaft . |