Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pretended he did n't know me or did n't want to . |
| 2 | Most people just listen to weather forecasts and either believe them or do n't believe them and certainly get cross with people like yourselves if it |
| 3 | Despite the improvement from IBM 's personal computer business , overall profits were weak in the company 's hardware operations : the gross profit margin on hardware sales for the first quarter was a dismal 29% , compared with 48% a year ago ( a decline of 19% has been bandied about , but that came from someone that does n't understand percentages — it 's a fall of 19 percentage points or 39.6% ) ; the overall gross margin was 39.5% in the first quarter , down from 50.8% a year ago ; IBM 's tax rate was 25% in the first quarter , below the 45% rate IBM had indicated earlier ; IBM told analysts to continue to expect the 45% rate for the rest of this year . |
| 4 | I but do n't forget she 's got your mother as well and I think you ca n't |
| 5 | The answer to that was , nothing that had n't happened already . |
| 6 | Kevin and I had a bit of a scuffle , but it was nothing that did n't happen all over the park and certainly nothing to warrant our marching orders . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing that has n't happened before , Father , ’ Ellie replied , almost as wearily , but still refusing to look up . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the first sandwich you 've ever made me that has n't got any paint on it . ’ |
| 9 | Me that did n't know what to do I was n't gon na participate . |
| 10 | Yeah , I I just wondered because there are some of them that do n't have any relevance to national curriculum and I want |
| 11 | It 's a little like listening to those debates in parliament where parliament vote themselves extra salaries and I feel very uncomfortable in this process , I thought I might be coming here this morning to disagree with my own group , or those members of them that do n't agree with me , perhaps joined with the conservatives in opposing this motion , but I find in fact that everybody is saying oh let's put up the er , the heading , I feel very uncomfortable with this having spent six months in the budget review , criticising officers up hill and down dale every time that they exceeded their budget , having told them that either they balance their budget or that they came in next year with a budget with no more than a one and a half percent increase , or their successors would be doing it for us . |
| 12 | Maybe if I keep mum and keep my fingers crossed — what did my father always say when I could n't have something : ‘ Them that ask do n't get , them that do n't ask , do n't want . ’ |
| 13 | You need n't worry any more , because you arouse nothing in me and have n't done for many a year . |
| 14 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |
| 15 | Oh , please God , she prayed , shake Perdita out of this ghastly mood and make her happy again , and look after darling Violet and Eddie , and Gainsborough and Ethel , and please God , if you think it 's right , let me fall in love with a man who is n't married , who falls in love with me and do n't make it too long . |
| 16 | The sergeant came to a halt outside the adjutant 's hut , and an out-of-breath Charlie caught up with him just as the door was opened by a colour-sergeant who turned to Charlie and said , ‘ Stand to attention , lad , remain one pace behind me and do n't speak unless you 're spoken to . |
| 17 | I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign . |
| 18 | Now do n't mind me and do n't mind it . |
| 19 | Oh and something else I heard yeah and this does n't get anywhere cos Lucy erm told me and did n't tell anyone but erm she was talking to Tom about erm Laura and Dave and apparently s while George and erm Dave were going out they actually planned they were gon na get back together . |
| 20 | When I first moved to Wallingford I was told by a local resident ( in no uncertain terms ) what would happen to me if did n't continue with the tradition of putting a Christmas Tree on the silo top . |
| 21 | Technically , if you hand someone a joint you 're supplying , but it means a lot of work for them and does n't catch the people who are the big fish . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt guilty enough to want to help the marriage succeed because I 'd introduced them and had n't thought to warn Rachel , mainly because I did n't find him attractive myself and he 'd never come across as the great seducer with me , and I knew that if it did n't work , it would turn out to be a lifelong trap for her . |
| 23 | He had the chance to sign for them and did n't go . |
| 24 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
| 25 | As I got older and people used to bring me injured birds to look after , I was always very careful of them and did n't approach without the leather glove I wear when working with birds of prey . |
| 26 | He had n't seen them and did n't know who they were . |
| 27 | Madeleine said : they could n't be buried in the cemetery if people had forgotten all about them and did n't know where they were , could they ? |
| 28 | In abstract they may admire and be excited by them , but their day-to-day preference is for women who want to please them and do n't make too much of a fuss . |
| 29 | Do n't breathe over them and do n't make it so obvious . |
| 30 | If a visitor or medical practitioner has to talk to a resident through you , make sure you consult them and do n't answer for them . |