Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your steel-mesh underflesh has n't quite knitted properly . |
| 2 | And Severn Trent has n't yet decided which way to go . |
| 3 | Ironically , the Somerset bowling has n't quite lived up to the predictions . |
| 4 | My mum has n't even noticed yet . |
| 5 | Joanne , 13 , says simply : ‘ Mum has n't just looked after her own children , she has looked after so many others . |
| 6 | Sunderland has n't yet achieved the fame it deserves for being Britain 's newest city nowhere is it to be seen on York station 's platform timetables . |
| 7 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 8 | DEC has n't yet said which Alpha systems will run Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system it has picked up , but the workstation range looks to have the most likely candidates . |
| 9 | DEC has n't yet said which Alpha systems will run the Windows NT operating system it has picked up , but the workstation range looks to be the most likely candidate . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you sure , ’ said Simon , speaking slowly as if to someone with a poor knowledge of English , ‘ that Gazzer has n't already got the money ? |
| 11 | Taylor has n't even tried to do that . |
| 12 | But gossip has n't always had such bad press . |
| 13 | But football has n't always landed the 6ft 3in ‘ keeper so squarely on his feet three frustrating years at Spurs left him ‘ thoroughly pigged off ’ he admits . |
| 14 | At least the telly has n't yet cottoned on to the dogs , I told him , but he said in Mexico it had . |
| 15 | Fortunately the actress has n't ever faced the situation for real . |
| 16 | ‘ You look quite tired , and term has n't even started . |
| 17 | The problem certainly runs in families , although research has n't yet identified a genetic basis . |
| 18 | And I would be interested just to know how many performances do n't actually break even . |
| 19 | ‘ Cold-blooded words do n't necessarily betoken a callous nature , as you should be well aware by this stage in your training . |
| 20 | Words do n't always hit the mark , do they ? |
| 21 | Soaps do n't usually focus on characters like this , people who grew up with the idealistic values of the 1960s and early 1970s , who have put off having children until their thirties , who worry about the environment but also worry about how they 're not managing to do enough about it . |
| 22 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |
| 23 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 24 | Bonanza did n't even bother to look at Jackson . |
| 25 | They had to stop the machines because everybody was laughing see with Tara on the floor so Ann did n't even know she 'd fallen off the chair . |
| 26 | Parents are expected to have total confidence in the school yet schools do n't often reciprocate trust and confidence in the judgement and goodwill of parents . |
| 27 | Any purely dog-orientated career opportunities within the association do n't really exist . |
| 28 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 29 | Fortunately the coughing did n't really matter so far as Tinkerbell was concerned … the light is supposed to flash erratically … but the noise was rather off-putting . |
| 30 | Non-city dwellers may still be able to burn coal or logs in their fireplaces , but today 's busy lifestyles do n't usually allow time for tending them . |