Example sentences of "n't [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ordered so much we could n't eat the last dish they brought us , could n't even touch it . |
| 2 | do n't want the first wee of the mor |
| 3 | I do n't throw that evening I wo n't throw at all I wo n't throw the next morning . |
| 4 | In the promenade bus-shelter they broke the window they had n't broken the last time they 'd visited it . |
| 5 | Miraculously , her mind had n't altered the next day , as it often does . |
| 6 | Dodging through wry humour works , too : ‘ I do n't think the next door office have quite your entire thesis on this subject . ’ |
| 7 | Then Wayne would complain that he could n't memorize the next day 's dialogue if he did n't know what they were filming , and Huston , according to Wayne , replied , ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll improvise . ’ |
| 8 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the business , woman . ’ |
| 10 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 11 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 12 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't know the first thing about brochs . |
| 16 | Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it . |
| 17 | You do n't know the first thing , do you ? " |
| 18 | You simply do n't know the first thing about marriage , do you ? |
| 19 | ‘ Most of them do n't know the first thing about sailing . ’ |
| 20 | She did n't know the first thing about him , after all . |
| 21 | And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me . |
| 22 | What was she doing , anyway , going out with a man she did n't know the first thing about ? |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He did n't know the first thing about you , did he ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the way I work . ’ |
| 26 | You do n't know the first thing about me ! |
| 27 | He 's an engineer , does n't know the first thing about literature , but Puddephat makes it all sound scientific by using these very long words . |
| 28 | First can I just ask , as , as somebody who 's building a paper aeroplane you got assumption whatsoever , so am I supposed to say I do n't know the first thing about making a paper aeroplane , you you told me . |
| 29 | ‘ But Ross — I do n't know the first thing about children ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly . |
| 30 | I 'm anxious to do what I can , but I do n't know the first thing about looking after children . |