Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And do n't laugh with food in your mouth , please ! ’ |
2 | I think most policeman ca n't relate to sociology at all , because , you see , the way we 're taught everything is black and white : those who do bad should be punished , those who do good should be rewarded . |
3 | I probably would have stayed longer if I had n't fallen in love with Isobel . |
4 | Surely the marquis has n't fallen in love with her as well . " |
5 | ‘ But I 'm surprised some rich gentleman has n't fallen in love with her . |
6 | The fact is you ca n't stay on top of a cloud indefinitely , and however long you put it off , there 's going to be a corresponding second phase of disappointment and disenchantment when each partner becomes aware of the bits that they 're not so keen on . |
7 | Swearing that the deck is n't stacked in favour of Chorus Systemes SA , Unix International has assembled a Kernel Architecture Work Group including Amdahl Corp , Bellcore Technologies , Fujitsu Ltd , Hal Computer Systems Ltd , Intel Corp , Locus Computing Corp , Motorola Inc , NCR Corp , NEC , OSSI , Oracle Corp , Sequent Computer Systems Inc , Tandem Computers Inc , Unisys Corp and of course Chorus . |
8 | My understanding is that A those do n't exist at present within the deposit plan , but if they did at some future date , for any reason , that their function would be to be used after two thousand and six to sustain the permanence of the greenbelt . |
9 | Robinson wo n't comment on House of Windsor , but he 's delighted to talk about the forthcoming £15m sponsorship of Coronation Street . |
10 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
11 | I mean you do n't want to kind of put them off too much erm |
12 | I do n't want to sort of wade in in response to that , I want other people to er |
13 | Right I mean I do n't want to sort of pry into how you do your business that the in the the getting of that information that 's that is relatively straightforward , is it ? |
14 | er because er her children but erm say that we we did n't want to sort of upset her by erm you know |
15 | Douse with water if possible , but do n't throw on water from a distance , as this creates scalding steam and only spreads the flames . |
16 | ‘ I do n't think of Ianthe like that , ’ said John . |
17 | Carry on , do n't bump into daddy on his way this way |
18 | At least we know it did n't fall through lack of effort . |
19 | Mother , mind you do n't fall off edge of that bed ! |
20 | ‘ You must n't fall in love with me … it 's no use — yes , do ! |
21 | She 's travelling on the same train as you , but do n't fall in love with her . ’ |
22 | You ca n't fall in love with heroes . |
23 | You did n't fall in love with someone in the space of a few days , just because you 'd finally succumbed to the lures of sex , or lust , or whatever had overwhelmed her ever since he 'd fished her out of the sea that first night … |
24 | I ca n't fall in love with you again because I 've never been out of love with you ! ’ |
25 | What woman would n't fall in love with him ? |
26 | but when I went in the other week , they all sit in a circle like that , then there 's a space and the teacher stands there and she was telling a story about the independent princess who does n't fall in love with the prince in the end , it was a quite funny story |
27 | I know I could n't fall in love without knowing it . |
28 | One does n't fall in love in five seconds ; but five seconds can set one dreaming of falling in love , especially in a community as unrelievedly masculine as that of the Lord Byron School . |
29 | Playing for your province does n't count , but it has been practice that if a player is banned at club level , he is n't considered for selection at that time . |
30 | The main problem , at least on the first night , was that too much of the dialogue was overplayed — Lochhead recognises that you do n't need to soup up the Scots speech to make it funny , or poignant or significant : it 's all already there in the words , but if they 're spoken too self-consciously they end up sounding like rather forced one-liners . |