Example sentences of "n't [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 2 | I had n't intended to speak on the external affairs section , but the discussion had widened so much that I came in with the attached remarks . |
| 3 | Having been freed from NHS control and from any control by local people , trust managers were now saying they did n't want to answer to the Health Secretary either . |
| 4 | Dealing with injured bats , unwanted newts and cats with bad breath is all in the line of duty for Christine Hall — and it 's a job she would n't want to swap for a million pounds . |
| 5 | You do n't want to put up a wall between you and the band . |
| 6 | Wayne had rung in to say that he was sick , which meant that the little creep did n't want to drive past the picket line . |
| 7 | Because we are er developers of a core accounting package which we hope will have many many hundreds of users before the end of this decade , we did n't want to rely on the vendor of a particular Four G L , so we 've written our product in C to retain that independence within there . |
| 8 | I do n't want to see inside the castle , I just want to walk around the outside and sketch anything that looks interesting . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want to go over the machine , ’ said Evelyn . |
| 10 | I did n't want to go through the arguments for and against . |
| 11 | — I told the Warden that I did n't want to go to no hospital but he never listened . |
| 12 | Mrs Aggie , I do n't want to go to a school where I wo n't be able to get out and come home . |
| 13 | I do n't want to go to a new school . |
| 14 | I wanted a drink , but I did n't want to go to a pub at that time of the evening , when the rush would be on , and the serious drinkers getting down to it . |
| 15 | She did n't want to go to a dentist ; even her own dentist scared her , and it could n't be much — her teeth were perfect . |
| 16 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 17 | Now she did n't want to go to an expensive restaurant in the West End . |
| 18 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
| 19 | Fiona returned , pulling on a fluffy white wrap over her red silk dress , saying she really did n't want to go to the dinner and being persuaded again by her husband . |
| 20 | We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make . |
| 21 | My Better Half 's always maintained , and I agree with him , if they do n't want to go to the Church then we wo n't force them . |
| 22 | If you do n't want to go to the expense of buying them , check out the travel section at your local library . |
| 23 | If you do n't want to go to the expense and trouble of covering your walls with natural fabrics like hessian , grasscloth , or cork , there 's a lot of imitations available . |
| 24 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 25 | He does n't want to go to the police . |
| 26 | Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option . |
| 27 | That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own . |
| 28 | That 's why you do n't want to go to the police . |
| 29 | You do n't want to go to the party crying , do you ? ’ … |
| 30 | Shelley said vehemently , ‘ I do n't want to go to the cove . |