Example sentences of "n't [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you like to drink alcohol regularly , you will probably find this is the most pleasant week of the diet , provided you do n't experience a reaction to it . |
| 2 | Doone gave me a sorrowful stare , but I had n't given a thought to his wanting secrecy . |
| 3 | Her heart sank ; she had been so intent on trying to score off him that she had n't given a thought to what her careless words could do to the understanding that had seemed to be developing between them . |
| 4 | And as she pushed open the forest-green doors of Woodline Design she realised with surprise that she had n't given a thought to Max for some considerable time . |
| 5 | She had n't given a thought to her lack of coif ; her mind was too occupied with trying to think of an excuse for remaining in her gown , and failing dismally . |
| 6 | The French plait she wore was fine for everyday , but she had n't given a thought to the more social occasions . |
| 7 | And the differences there between women in different countries are just enormous because there are still countries today where women are n't given a chance to be born — there 's female infanticide still in many countries . |
| 8 | I was trying to clarify they do n't make a contribution to the I five provision . |
| 9 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ One could n't trust an animal to Weenie . ’ |
| 11 | You do n't need a line to God now to see the way things are going . |
| 12 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , if Matilda 's messenger had n't carried a letter to the Queen explaining the ‘ unfortunate misunderstanding ’ that had resulted in Isabel 's ‘ ill-considered ’ flight from Gloucester with fitzAlan 's assistance , she was quite sure William of Ypres would have clapped her into prison until he had verified her story for himself . |
| 14 | Look , the point is , if that 's how it 's being taught , it 's not surprising that most of our alumni ca n't buy a bus-ticket to Bayswater . |
| 15 | If I was n't able to admit it to some old woman I 'd never see again and who did n't matter a scrap to me , how was I going to face it out for the rest of my life ? |
| 16 | It did n't matter a damn to her what Bob Calder thought of her . |
| 17 | Dadda he had told , though even to him he had given only a vague location , but he had n't said a word to his grandmother and he was sure Peter would n't have told Uncle Leonard and Auntie Midge . |
| 18 | I had n't said a word to her and and she she was she did n't talk to me . |
| 19 | One would n't expect a clergyman to be interested in young girls of eighteen . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then , as we 're not , you wo n't expect an answer to your question , will you ? ’ she responded brightly . |
| 21 | He told me , ‘ You do n't speak a word to anybody else , and when I 've hit that ball , we 're on our way . ’ |
| 22 | When Dad returned he did n't speak a word to either of us . |
| 23 | I was in Helen Blair 's house tonight … could n't do a thing to her , because her fuckin' wee brother ( about your age ) would not piss off . |
| 24 | That that does n't present a problem to us . |
| 25 | These problems can be resolved in several ways , however , and certainly should n't present a barrier to any user determined to get letter quality output from his word processing package . |
| 26 | Once he had Garry back with Berenice he would n't give a thought to the Adams twins and she would forget him and the time she had spent hunting Garry and her sister through the Northumberland countryside . |
| 27 | You do n't crop an etching to it 's edges . |
| 28 | ‘ How would you like to 'ave to show your legs in an orphanage just because you 'ad n't got a farthing to your name ? ’ |
| 29 | I have n't got a clue to be honest , you |
| 30 | Well I had n't got a chance to . |