Example sentences of "do n't [vb infin] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’ |
| 2 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
| 3 | Somebody once said to me they think it 's really rude if they did n't bring wine to a , to a dinner party and then they do n't have to have to drink it . |
| 4 | Ruth 's hair was out of shape and did n't do justice to her strong bone structure so stylist Caroline Stacey , also from Keith Hall the Hairdressers , but from their Leicester salon , decided to take the weight out of the back leaving the top longer . |
| 5 | The Richardsons were n't sophisticated , did n't leave things to imagination . |
| 6 | The truth was that she did n't want Sam to be in love : not seriously in love with an older man , and the boy in the bistro was n't really a boy at all , being at least twenty-two . |
| 7 | I did n't want Mum to be alone , now she 'd left Ted and Jean , and moved back into our old house . |
| 8 | Anne was n't worried about any sin involved ; she just did n't want Topaz to be hurt . |
| 9 | And in a way one did n't want things to be over , for the uncertain future was more unsettling than the unexplained past . |
| 10 | She did n't want Gloria to be angry . |
| 11 | She did n't like many of them , but she did n't want Oswin to be ashamed of her and Angela gave her scant chance to protest . |
| 12 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
| 13 | She did n't want Luke to be involved , but she could n't help but remember what had been said . |
| 14 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |
| 15 | It did n't make sense to me . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't make love to you last night , not because I did n't want to , but because it was n't the right time , or place . |
| 17 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 18 | You did n't expect Uncle to be in it … |
| 19 | You did n't need grace to be forgiven yourself . |
| 20 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 21 | Surely Cynthia did n't fall victim to the same fear ? |
| 22 | This is because the denizens of the past did n't have access to the theory of cognitive metaphor , and that way of understanding language . |
| 23 | ‘ Five of the grandchildren went to Euro Disney on a school trip and loved it but did n't have time to really do it justice . |
| 24 | She did n't have time to more than glance at it before two pairs of strong hands lifted her from the stools , and placed her unceremoniously on a table top . |
| 25 | And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around . |
| 26 | You did n't have time to er to go and er , and play too much . |
| 27 | last year we did n't have time to really |
| 28 | I Did n't have time to fucking cut the beef this morning , in the butchers . |
| 29 | Er er er I mentioned er in an earlier interjection the fact that Price Waterhouse in this country er would n't give evidence and did n't provide information to Price Waterhouse partners er er i i in the United States er er the government I think , can only er deal with this by some effective regulation er of auditing er and by some er er effective er independent regulate . |
| 30 | Perhaps they did n't take things to heart so much . |