Example sentences of "[adj] thing you [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 That 's another thing you ca n't get now is very much is chocolate blancmange .
2 But there 's one thing you wo n't find in nature .
3 She said , she said there 's one thing you wo n't get diphtheria !
4 One thing you wo n't have out there ’ Agnes said ‘ is a credit card for Winterbotham .
5 Remember , the one thing you ca n't do is duck the issue .
6 But one thing you ca n't do , is criticise this county council at all , it 's simply not our fault .
7 That I 'm afraid that 's one thing you ca n't do
8 But one thing you ca n't disguise is that you 'd rather not be there .
9 They like things to be loud and dramatic , and if there 's one thing you ca n't have in good sorcery , it 's loud noises and drama .
10 You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values .
11 The one thing you ca n't quibble about is the voice .
12 ‘ We did magnificently but had one mad moment — the one thing you should n't do against Liverpool is to give John Barnes a free-kick in that position . ’
13 It was the one thing you could n't do when you stayed in a hotel .
14 That 's one thing you need n't worry about .
15 A remote , glass-encased thing you could n't touch
16 About the only thing you ca n't do is edit .
17 The only thing you ca n't do is soft those , we can do diamonds , erm , the only thing you ca n't do is pearls
18 The only thing you ca n't do is soft those , we can do diamonds , erm , the only thing you ca n't do is pearls
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