Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [vb infin] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Geese are the ones you must n't say boo to . ’ |
| 2 | Just because the distribution of this information may be restricted to your own staff or a close circle of customers does n't mean that you should n't pay attention to its style or presentation , far from it . |
| 3 | I do n't see why you should n't have access to those . ’ |
| 4 | She knew she should n't cause trouble to people . |
| 5 | It was not that she could n't contemplate marriage to anyone other than Will . |
| 6 | Lou Macari signed a three year contract with Celtic this afternoon then told Scotland Today he would walk away if he could n't bring success to the club in that time . |
| 7 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 8 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
| 9 | Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . |
| 10 | ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant . |
| 11 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 12 | The engineer with the irreverent sense of humour who would n't give houseroom to a defunct machine but who would carefully dismantle and put by any parts that might be of use later on would — this time next year — be helping to nourish the rose beds . |
| 13 | You had to satisfy the Traffic Commissioners , that what you are proposing would , would answer the cause , would n't give rise to erm great hardships to the travelling public and erm oh you 're preparing a fare increase about a year before it actually came up to , in front of the Commissioners and then he would erm , perhaps make some alterations or give you a date when you could apply . |
| 14 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 15 | I 'm no fool , but that sentence would n't make sense to any insect . |
| 16 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 17 | Nails knew them both by sight ; they would n't say boo to a goose , called each other mum and dad , even when they were alone together , homely sorts . |
| 18 | She certainly would n't say boo to Rodney but get her out from under his shadow and she 's got plenty of … character . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't recommend Tolby to anyone , ’ Henry said earnestly . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sure she ca n't do justice to your designs . |
| 21 | But words ca n't do justice to Jan Ormerod 's wonderful animal pictures , which make each spread in this large-format picture a joy to look at . |
| 22 | I think we ca n't do justice to the point you 've raised in the time at our disposal , but it is a very important issue . |
| 23 | ‘ We felt it was a worthwhile cause as we ca n't stand cruelty to animals of any sort . |
| 24 | WHAT sort of country is it where we are told we ca n't pay tribute to our heroes ? |
| 25 | We Brits may have invented cricket , tennis , football , rugby , golf , darts and bowls but we ca n't lay claim to baseball , ice hockey , American football , ten-pin bowling , rhythmic gymnastics , synchro swimming or sumo wrestling . |
| 26 | I ca n't make love to you the way I want to — not here . |
| 27 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't make love to me like that and then expect me to carry on as if nothing 's happened . |
| 29 | Erm in so that it 's our fault really that we ca n't give work to our our er people . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't give prominence to everything , ’ he says . |