Example sentences of "n't [verb] [art] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as " big-step reductionism " can not work as an explanation of mechanism , and must be replaced by a series of small step-by-step peelings down through the hierarchy , so we ca n't explain a complex thing as originating in a single step . |
| 2 | I have n't heard a single thing of him ! |
| 3 | It does n't cover the important things . |
| 4 | ‘ Listen , Aengus , do n't make a big thing out of it . |
| 5 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 6 | Do n't make a big thing of it . |
| 7 | ‘ People do n't want a Euro-processed thing , they want stuff that is comfortable , reassuring , honest and masculine . |
| 8 | Jim says we 'll get an electric one because you do n't want a new thing sitting in there and erm it sits in the corner cos I have no room in my units for it . |
| 9 | I do n't want a single thing but solitude . ’ |
| 10 | you do n't think the other thing is that people who erm you know there there is everybody 's got wedding fairs in their own area , first of all , they 're going to go to those anyway and buy from their own local person . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't tie the damn thing ; I 'm all fingers and thumbs . |
| 12 | Goddamnit , Tweed , we do n't know a bloody thing ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't know a damned thing about women like me ! ’ |
| 14 | You do n't know a blind thing ! |
| 15 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 16 | Erm , it interests me very much how people choose er not only in light fitting , but how you choose furniture and they choose designs generally , because I have a theory that er a lot of people do n't consider the practical things , maybe as much as you know like you or me when we 're conscience of that sort of thing |
| 17 | Well I mean we need n't buy the expensive things like sweatshirts |
| 18 | Assuming she had n't made the whole thing up . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , dear , I hope I have n't said the wrong thing ? |
| 20 | Jim , nicknamed Loony Loran , said : ‘ William did n't finish the whole thing . |
| 21 | ‘ He does n't do a damn thing for the good of mankind , but makes one hell of a fat living by buying cheap from one worker and selling the same thing dear to another worker . |
| 22 | He does n't do a damn thing , he does n't even pay his wife wages — I give up ! ’ |
| 23 | So erm if you ask them why they do n't do a certain thing you get a very very elaborate argument about it , which is often very difficult to er to er criticize or , or , or attack . |
| 24 | They do n't do the right things . |
| 25 | Alejandro gets pissed off and shouts if you do n't do the right thing straight away . |
| 26 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |
| 27 | ‘ If you do n't do the desirable thing I will present a penalty . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you do n't do the desirable thing I will withdraw a reward . ’ |
| 29 | Here are some examples : A : You would n't do an awful thing like that , would you ? |
| 30 | erm About five years after I started it , I think everything was , was growing up , and erm I have n't done the major things recently , I 'm just doing gentle management . |