Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Alfa Romeo had a now-you-see-it , now-you-do n't glass roof on its 164-based Proteo coupe , but a production future here is altogether more promising . |
2 | I did n't think anythink like this was going to happen . ’ |
3 | ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’ |
4 | After his record-breaking exploits with Wigan , Iro did n't strike gold in his two years at Manly . |
5 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
6 | Somebody once said to me they think it 's really rude if they did n't bring wine to a , to a dinner party and then they do n't have to have to drink it . |
7 | It was the question of making sure that we did n't pay tax on any of that three four four five . |
8 | Okay erm this is just I think this is er what we call coincidence or just er unplanned or unpredicted er event or happening one maybe one evening maybe I thought it was Friday evening , one Friday evening December er Mrs was watching television it was erm but normally she did n't watch television at that time , but just coincidence ? |
9 | Ruth 's hair was out of shape and did n't do justice to her strong bone structure so stylist Caroline Stacey , also from Keith Hall the Hairdressers , but from their Leicester salon , decided to take the weight out of the back leaving the top longer . |
10 | Charles did n't tell Jacqui about their new ally in investigation when they met up that evening to report progress . |
11 | I did n't tell Malpass about Stubbly 's trips to the bank getting French currency , and I bet myself there had been more than the one I 'd seen . |
12 | Once he got started , the Brigadier did n't draw breath for more than half an hour . |
13 | She did n't want involvement with any man ; it was simply a cruel twist of fate that she had got it , and there was no way that she was going to expose her vulnerability to him . |
14 | I did n't want Mum to be alone , now she 'd left Ted and Jean , and moved back into our old house . |
15 | Er and if if they would work they did n't want money for it but they would stay a while with you so that they would get their bed for the night and they would get their grub . |
16 | Anne was n't worried about any sin involved ; she just did n't want Topaz to be hurt . |
17 | I mean , of course there were things that were missed out I suppose , but also , I suppose , we were quite young , so it may have quite embarrassing and we did n't want talk about certain things . |
18 | In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict . |
19 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
20 | I heard him cry immediately and the doctor say it 's a boy , but I did n't feel part of it . |
21 | I did n't ask yer why yer suddenly agreed if yer did n't feel love fer me , I did n't 'ave to . |
22 | With a last dissatisfied glance in the mirror , she left the bedroom and made her way downstairs , vaguely wondering why she did n't feel light of heart . |
23 | I did n't feel pain from the burns any more , but that had been replaced by a pain a thousand times worse . |
24 | And 46 per cent of the under-25s said they did n't view marriage as their last romantic attachment . |
25 | He did n't finish work until the evening , and it was then that Nigel drove off down to Berkshire , and found his father dead . |
26 | I Did n't Mean It by Leon Rosselson(Fuse) |
27 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |
28 | No , it did n't form part of it and erm if it were to be done it would be having , shall we say , a political impact , but the sums are of such a nature that they are of no significance in the context of the budget as a whole . |
29 | I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all . |
30 | It did n't make sense to me . |