Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [pers pn] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I did n't tell you to come here . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't tell you to come back , ’ he barked at Kaas in German . |
| 3 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought she did n't want me to come . ’ |
| 5 | One day my mum rang up and said she did n't want me to come home again and that I should go to Social Services because she was sick and tired of all the bother and everything . |
| 6 | ‘ Mummy did n't want me to come here , ’ she told Anne in what Anne thought of as a ‘ far back ’ voice , ‘ but I did n't want to arse around playing Lady Bountiful I wanted to do real war work . |
| 7 | Nigel was fond enough of him in his way , but he did n't want him coming home too soon . |
| 8 | You knew he was there , wherever you were on the pitch and you did n't want him coming in behind you trying to get the ball . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't want him to come for me . |
| 10 | By the time he got outside Adam was already there , telling the man in the handkerchief hat that he did n't want him to come any more , he was going to sell the house . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 12 | it must have been Thursday because I did n't want him to come , I said to Jim , tell him not to come we 'll just turn the whole lot off . |
| 13 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 14 | ‘ Good job we did n't meet it coming the other way , then , ’ said Masklin . |
| 15 | I did n't expect him to come . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But you did n't expect me to come . ’ |
| 17 | He did n't expect us to come rolling out of the pubs drunk , and the Yorkshire pudding to get flung at the ceiling with the gravy running down the walls like the tears of a black madonna . |
| 18 | I did n't expect you to come so soon . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Oh — I did n't expect you to come round again . |
| 20 | Francis , hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets , said : ‘ I thought he seemed a bit queer at lunch but I did n't expect it to come to this … ’ |
| 21 | We had very personal political views , but we did n't let them come through . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't get you to come down here , Bella , so that I could escort you to bloody parties . |
| 23 | And erm , I did n't know they came to orchestra , perhaps they 've only just joined . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't ask her to come here this morning . ’ |
| 25 | He wished them happiness , but he did n't ask them to come home . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come , or her , ’ said Philip . |
| 27 | And I did n't ask you to come waltzing into it . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come out with me , did I ? ’ |
| 29 | I did n't ask you to come and pry into my life — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |