Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb infin] it [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | So if it helps do n't bring it back . |
2 | Everybody sees a different picture and of course most people see do n't see it anyway because by the time they look and see what 's happened it 's already happened . |
3 | And she did n't present it modestly ( she said , after all , that she hated modesty ) , but belligerently . |
4 | Shame about the stupid did n't think it just happens . |
5 | I did n't think it through . |
6 | The bust looked like bronze if you did n't examine it too closely . |
7 | oh great , any body want a bobby Batman sock ? , phew dear his feet smell I remember seeing it , I do n't remember if it was yesterday , cos I remember seeing the games and all that , I did n't throw it away |
8 | do n't be silly , no I thought it looked better at this other bit , this butcher 's , it looked leaner , but erm it was n't perhaps , perhaps I did n't cook it enough yesterday , drink your drink |
9 | And because it had that name she did n't link it up to other terms like masturbation or whatever . |
10 | Surely she did n't wear it loose like this ? |
11 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
12 | Perhaps I did n't press it hard enough . |
13 | Are you telling me the old bat did n't pass it on ? ’ |
14 | Belinda knew it would probably look hilarious tomorrow morning if she did n't wash it out tonight . |
15 | I did n't bring it here cos I 'm not allowed to hurt my knee yeah ? |
16 | Yeah I 've got a little bit of silver and gold at home actually , but I did n't bring it in today |
17 | they , they , they did n't pay it back they give up their land |
18 | There was some sort of excitement going on outside , but he did n't pay it much attention . |
19 | He did n't answer it personally , eventually about three weeks afterwards I got the letter from Customs and Excise , who deal with this , saying , in a rather remarkable last paragraph , We have to charge V A T right across the board . |
20 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
21 | Oh , I 'm glad I did n't watch it then . |
22 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
23 | Really the only thing I was disappointed about is that he did n't drink it again ! |
24 | ‘ Chris and I appreciated it and we enjoyed the evening , but I think it 'd be better if we did n't do it again . |
25 | Erm I felt really organized cos Mr said that I was too hyperactive and I needed to have , I had to do something constructive so he sent me out posting well giving everyone their letters and I felt really I mean he did n't do it nastily , he just said I was flitting about and needed something to do and so it was really fun . |
26 | Well I 've done , did n't do it right did I ? |
27 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
28 | they did n't do it properly though . |
29 | in fact the girl who did the mailing for them did n't do it properly so in fact it 's unlikely to happen erm they asked me because I know that since she 's now leaving the Vice-Principal through network erm and and they were thinking of getting something together like that , I did n't write this that 's not my writing but just let me tell you I do n't write a twenty- four clock , twenty-four hour clock with full stops in it |
30 | But you did n't do it today anyway , so |