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 .
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