Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But see I do n't know Bet . |
2 | ‘ I do n't expect happiness ! ’ |
3 | That 's why I do n't bother voting . ’ |
4 | I do n't bother doing P E. |
5 | I just go on a Thursday , but I do n't go week |
6 | Excuse me I do n't involve cruelty in my training |
7 | I do n't suppose life was a great deal better for their cabbies , who always looked poor and pinched . |
8 | They 're bound to take to Filmer too , you know how civilized he can seem , and I do n't suppose news of the trial got much attention here since it collapsed almost before it began . |
9 | I do n't carry tow-rope with me . ’ |
10 | Oh I see , yes , yes , I , huh , yes I would do , I , I , I would say in quite definitely that these words are inspired by such a such artist and , make it quite clear that I 'm a writer and not a , I , I , I do n't study art or I just do n't understand science and painting and , and its my responses to that , yes . |
11 | ‘ I do n't mean music . |
12 | I do n't mean art should be as clear as the instructions on a packet of seeds ; I 'm saying that you trust the mystifier more if you know he 's deliberately choosing not to be lucid . |
13 | I do n't mean Liberty . |
14 | I do n't mean sex in any simple way . |
15 | Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael . |
16 | I do n't mean camping I mean |
17 | ‘ I do n't mean forgery , ’ she crowed triumphantly . |
18 | When I say ‘ beginner ’ I do n't mean dabbler ! |
19 | ‘ I do n't mean fighting , ’ said Polly . |
20 | No , I do n't mean marathon running , although I am certain that the spectators of the original run from the Battle of Marathon to Athens would be astonished to learn that we regard such things as sports , since the man who ran the original dropped dead on arrival . |
21 | ‘ Well , I do n't mean fly . |
22 | There is even more mystery surrounding the harmful side-effects of home-made narcotics — I do n't mean designer drugs , but things in the garden shed that can be ‘ used ’ in various ways . |
23 | ‘ I do n't mean ballet ; ’ said Lili . |
24 | I , I 'm sorry to keep saying ‘ Yes ’ to everything that you 're , you 're suggesting , but yes , we are thinking about communication skills , particularly the encouraging and helping children to learn to write properly , I do n't mean calligraphy , I mean actually write and express themselves on paper , oral communication , and things of this kind are things that we do want to pay attention to . |
25 | just leave that unless you are totally stuck , and I do n't mean sort of five minutes , have a good sort of maybe ten minutes or say about ten minutes of playing with this . |
26 | And I wonder if anybody can match that , I do n't mean match that , when she nearly set off her nightdress on fire |
27 | No I know and I do n't fancy litter trays and things either . |
28 | I do n't fancy coconut thank you . |
29 | I do n't fancy padding up with that creepy little bastard . ’ |
30 | I do n't intend selling . |