Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb infin] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And she did n't present it modestly ( she said , after all , that she hated modesty ) , but belligerently . |
| 3 | Shame about the stupid did n't think it just happens . |
| 4 | The bust looked like bronze if you did n't examine it too closely . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Surely she did n't wear it loose like this ? |
| 8 | Perhaps I did n't press it hard enough . |
| 9 | I did n't bring it here cos I 'm not allowed to hurt my knee yeah ? |
| 10 | There was some sort of excitement going on outside , but he did n't pay it much attention . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Oh , I 'm glad I did n't watch it then . |
| 13 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
| 14 | Really the only thing I was disappointed about is that he did n't drink it again ! |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Well I 've done , did n't do it right did I ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | they did n't do it properly though . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | But you did n't do it today anyway , so |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And alas , I thought , my penitential journey over , they did n't do it separately in the first place . |
| 24 | So you did n't do it anyway . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I did n't do it yesterday . |
| 28 | He did n't do it before and he does n't like it , but he does a bit . |
| 29 | Could I take er , a minute and , and just try and look at the steps that you 've gone through and I , I tried to write down as you were doing it , giving your presentation , the steps which I think everybody eventually went through either formally or informally and I think if we look at these steps you 'll agree yes , I needed that and I did that or , we did n't do it formally . |
| 30 | From the client 's point of view Regional Railways were quite adamant that erm if we did n't do it then they would find somebody who was prepared to . |