Example sentences of "[verb] n't [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 2 | He has n't as a matter of fact |
| 3 | I had an engagement in town that morning so I did n't post the letter . |
| 4 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 5 | Did n't for a moment think you 'd want them out of your sight . |
| 6 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |
| 7 | probably part of the reason why they did n't for the time being |
| 8 | I am not expecting the Test wickets to turn a lot — they did n't on the tour there in 1981-82 — and the current Indian attack is based more around pace than spin . |
| 9 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
| 10 | You just ca n't trust these thespians — any residual loyalty vanishes once the last cheque has been banked : according to the Evening Standard , Maureen Lippmann , who played the ‘ typical Jewish mother ’ Beattie ( BT , geddit ? — we did n't at the time , but then we detest brutal acronyms in place of meaningful names ) to the mutual benefit of British Telecommunications Plc and her bank balance , when asked to reveal her favourite word , replied , without hesitation , ‘ Mercurial ’ . |
| 11 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I did n't as a matter of fact . |
| 13 | He did n't as a rule greet all his guests , but this was different . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , Doc , I do normally but I did n't over the weekend . ’ |
| 15 | I did n't in the beginning but I do now , she can be funny although a bit bitchy at times . |
| 16 | In a clear reference to last June 's revelations by Royal writer Andrew Morton in his best-seller Diana : Her True Story , the spokesman added : ‘ We did n't in the summer and we do n't intend to now . ’ |
| 17 | One time Grandma was coming to stay but did n't in the end because she had flu . |
| 18 | They did n't in the end not because Kevin Keegan refreshed parts Ossie Ardiles could n't reach but because their players were too good . |
| 19 | You 're too feisty and she did n't in the end , did n't she ? |
| 20 | Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class . |
| 21 | I do n't , do n't for a minute think it 's from that hand , because you know the tingling , you 're s are you supposed to get tingling all time ? |
| 22 | That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications . |
| 23 | I no no I do n't for a start accept it . |
| 24 | There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that . |
| 25 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 26 | If you if you do n't with a hair dryer if you were n't blowing the air over it , what happens ? |
| 27 | He , he leaves his coat on see right and I do n't with a coat so he opens his window cos he 's hot , I 'm freezing . |
| 28 | We do n't on the whole mind the isolation until something happens to rock the applecart — a death , a loss , a crisis . |
| 29 | Do n't on the plate then . |
| 30 | You do n't on the book . |