Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus he says of Ali , a member of Fatah , ‘ He knew I loved him , but it did n't make him the slightest bit arrogant . |
2 | The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world . |
3 | " I got fed up of seeing people 1 knew getting dressed up and going to pubs or discos , because I could n't and I did n't know what the latest was — and round here that matters a lot , " said a nineteen-year-old Wigan woman with a child . |
4 | Say I do n't know what the latest price is on them , but |
5 | ‘ I do n't know who the latest one was . ’ |
6 | Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are . |
7 | Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are about but it 's been reported that they centre on fraud and sexual harassment at Redoaks . |
8 | Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are about but it 's reported that they centre on fraud and sexual abuse at Redoaks . |
9 | A question I would ask is that given the product which you had in June and the fact that presumably you have to take what goes , presumably the fact that they do n't send you the strongest stuff erm are you surprised that the figures were down in view of the quality of what you had , or are you surprised it might not have been worse ? |
10 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
11 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
12 | ‘ Corps would n't tell me the latest position on the phone , sir , ’ Woodruffe said . |
13 | Yes , well I did n't tell you the best part ! that was the best part ! |