Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |
| 2 | He still could n't spare him a drop of real hatred , though — Carter was the one . |
| 3 | probably had n't paid that much , so these peo the ones that lent the money out , in really they er , and they really have suffered just , they probably thought that if we do n't lend them the money somebody else will and get the interest and they 'll grow bigger and much overtake us , you know , to , to take over our business , so er , so the |
| 4 | It was likely that Alison had n't given me a thought for weeks , and that she had had half a dozen more affaires . |
| 5 | then Sandy has n't given me a time but I think I 'd suggested to him between six and seven I think people like that they do n't have to go home and |
| 6 | ‘ But you have n't given me an answer . ’ |
| 7 | You have n't given me the bits missing from the Mirror . |
| 8 | You have n't given me the bits missing from the Mirror . |
| 9 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
| 10 | I have n't given him a thought for years … ’ |
| 11 | Arriving back , as he did from his holidays , to discover that his honourable companions had n't given him a second to call his own , he took umbrage ( somewhere near Troy ) |
| 12 | The answer came suddenly , a slap in the face that made her wince : because , on the only occasion when Merrill had actually confronted him with her suspicions — had brought them right out into the open — she had n't given him a chance to explain . |
| 13 | No , well let , let no we have n't given him the go ahead yet . |
| 14 | Not because she was scared of snakes , but because she had n't given them a thought . |
| 15 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 16 | And you have n't given yourself a drink . |
| 17 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 18 | I have n't given her a hint that I might have Nazi sympathies . ’ |
| 19 | Had n't given her a key , but Lucy supposed that there were limits . |
| 20 | They 'd also like comments from this Parish Council , and it was odd that they have n't given us a sketch to look at . |
| 21 | Dry-eyed , I acquiesced when it finally hit the bag of clothes for ‘ Poor Peggy , she 's you-know-what-again , God help her ’ , and I 'm delighted to say I have n't given it a thought since . |
| 22 | Ferguson added : ‘ I have no preconception about which particular strikers will go best together , and have n't given it a lot of thought yet . |
| 23 | I ca n't make myself an exception . |
| 24 | But that wo n't make me a freedom fighter , just another fascist ! |
| 25 | ‘ Too bad you could n't make me a mother . ’ |
| 26 | I defended myself when I had to , but that does n't make me a killer . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’ |
| 28 | It made me wary of Throgmorton — but it does n't make me a murderer nine years later . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But that does n't make me an anorexic . |
| 30 | True enough , he lived in a caravan and travelled from town to town with the others in his travelling group but it was n't a garishly painted van like the ones old time gypsies occupied , just a normal common-or-garden caravan , the type people stay in on holiday , but that did n't make him a gypsy . |