Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables : |
| 2 | He had not believed it at first , but now he was not so sure . |
| 3 | why the night before , did , was I told oh you 'll need an amplifier and she 's going to bring in one from her home , her own one in tomorrow morning , I thought I did n't spring it in last week , anything and then that day when I discovered it still was n't working I just could n't believe it |
| 4 | ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns . |
| 5 | ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ? |
| 6 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 7 | ‘ We ca n't do it until next March , when we 'll have five years ’ trading figures to show , ’ Adam said . |
| 8 | er I mean I know it 's a bit messy at the moment , I ai n't washed it since last time you see ! |
| 9 | It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze . |
| 10 | You we you did n't like it at first ? |
| 11 | I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now . |
| 12 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 13 | I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful . |
| 14 | I did n't believe it at first . |
| 15 | I could n't believe it at first . |
| 16 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 17 | Surely he had n't found it at last and with a girl less than half his age , intelligent but uneducated , promiscuous and burdened with an illegitimate child . |
| 18 | So if I was you Richard I would n't leave it till last minute , I a bit sooner in case the buses are not running . |
| 19 | he did n't , he give me it on Wednesday night and I should 've give her it yesterday morning but she did n't get it till last night . |
| 20 | We wo n't get it till next year . |
| 21 | ‘ Could n't help it at first , but we 've become friends . |
| 22 | She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing . |