Example sentences of "n't [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And more to the point he did n't disappear on a massive binge , and he gave all that money to his sister . |
| 2 | If you and the father have n't decided on a Christian name you have just six weeks in which to do it . ’ |
| 3 | We ca n't defend on a broad front George not just two of us . |
| 4 | Touch in rust spots with a gel-like rust inhibitor ( for instance , Jenolite ) which wo n't run on a vertical surface . |
| 5 | Chances are Sharon , Tracy or Wayne were n't raised on a big country estate with Rupert , William , Sarah and Lucinda . |
| 6 | These er er orders today are n't based on a thorough inquiry er into how audits on the the financial institutions are conducted , what 's wrong with them , what goes wrong , not even a thorough er inquiry into what happened in the B C C I case , er we ca n't legislate , we ca n't legi or regulate I put it without er er er a thorough inquiry and yet here we have er orders brought in er without inquiry . |
| 7 | The secret is holding it in check , rationing it , saving the best of yourself for the night , and as I scanned the running order in the lull before the storm , I still could n't decide on a personal favourite . |
| 8 | The reason is simple , the program is now bigger than 800K and wo n't fit on a single disk ! |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't rely on a human being to cure you of evil and give you peace . |
| 10 | The craftsmen there hope their careers wo n't end on a sour note . |
| 11 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor [ Novell Inc ] is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |
| 12 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface ( UX No 426 ) , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |