Example sentences of "n't [verb] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the industry wo n't stay on a plateau and there is still much to be done in improving the processes in engineering as well as chemical terms . |
| 2 | This one wo n't stay on a model track in the back garden , it 's being exported to Holland to pull passengers round a theme park , but the builder would be delighted to do it again . |
| 3 | We have n't decided on a name for the band yet , though ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
| 5 | ‘ So you have n't decided on a set number for yourself ? |
| 6 | If I could also ask those of you who have n't decided on a confirmation name , I think really by the time we meet again you should . |
| 7 | The sight-saving operation had n't worked ; the doctors had n't reckoned on a rebellion in the form of a massive eye haemorrhage . |
| 8 | You ca n't not-be on a boat . |
| 9 | Somebody like Meiselas is like that , Gilles Peress ; they do n't work on a story unless they get emotionally connected to it — why bother ? — to them . |
| 10 | As Gatfield points out , ‘ I ca n't work on a host of acts who I am vaguely interested in , just in case one day they come up with something exciting . |
| 11 | It does n't work on a movie set . |
| 12 | It does n't depend on a pathologist or any oth other information . |
| 13 | and I formed a partnership on in Seething Lane , EC3 — it nearly did n't happen on a dispute in wage negotiation . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't grass on a mate , ’ he said , and fell silent . |
| 15 | you do n't go on a motorway for driving lessons |
| 16 | I ca n't see why they ca n't go on a camping holiday in France . |
| 17 | So you do n't go on a diet , exactly : you merely acquire a consciousness ( or a conscience ) about what you 're eating . |
| 18 | ‘ Harry was n't impaled on a radio , ’ I said . |
| 19 | The famous $18,000m black hole that Gartner Group so memorably spotted opening up in the heart of IBM 's business will suck the entire company into oblivion if it does n't embark on a crash programme to save the AS/400 . |
| 20 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |
| 21 | There were some bruised shins and sprained ankles , black eyes and a few cuts and grazes but nothing you would n't get on a rugby field , although a couple of old ladies were taken off home by ambulance with attacks of the vapours . |
| 22 | Your Dad ca n't get on a hard'un . |
| 23 | Buyers , too are closer at hand : ‘ There are a lot of people who want art but wo n't get on a plane to go and look at it . |
| 24 | If you 're a dinghy sailor and you have n't lived on a cruiser before , do a ‘ Brush-Up ’ course , either in Falmouth ( p46 ) , or on Villa-Flotilla ( p8 ) , to learn about anchors and engines . |