Example sentences of "n't [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
2 | I found this mistake hurtful : 'more specifically , I did n't regard it as a source of amusement . |
3 | I do n't regard it as a sacrifice . ’ |
4 | But the phone was cut off , the DHSS did n't regard it as a necessity . |
5 | But while Richard loves what he does , he does n't fancy it as a fulltime career . |
6 | That is a pig of a road , I must admit , I do n't know why they do n't make it into a dual carriage way . |
7 | If you have greenhouse or coldframe , a wise insurance policy it to root cuttings of susceptible species in July and over-winter these under glass just in case the parents do n't make it through a bad winter . |
8 | On Christmas Eve , listening to herself making yet more excuses on the telephone , explaining why they could n't make it to a family party , hearing her sister 's disappointment . |
9 | right if you do n't want it for a pound I 'll have it back |
10 | Relief ca n't want it in a fortnight it 's not quite re another month 's rent |
11 | I ca n't hang it over a drawing . |
12 | I did I did n't doubt it for a minute , I thought I know this |
13 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
14 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
15 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
16 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
17 | hoping the wind would n't catch it like a sail . |
18 | ‘ Your house will be worth a lot more now , ’ people remarked brightly , which observation — if it brought forth a reply at all — was countered by a snapped : ‘ I did n't buy it as an investment ’ . |
19 | ‘ Because it was n't toothpaste , and he did n't buy it in a shop ! |
20 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
21 | If you want to build a chapel of remembrance , do n't site it in a Woolwich shopping precinct . |
22 | Erm , but I would n't do it without a father . |
23 | Having decided to surrender to his plans for the evening — lunch had been a light one and already the pangs of hunger were making themselves felt — she would n't do it without a token show of resistance . |
24 | We 're not sure why research Right , so I 'm going to carry on with anyway and we 're going to start by looking at pages forty two and forty three , forty two and as you can see the units is entitled Should n't Do it to a Dog . |
25 | Zain ca n't do it on a Wednesday any more . |
26 | I wo n't do it on a reading week , I 'll do it |
27 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
28 | I 'm not like some men who ca n't do it with a woman unless they feel emotionally involved with her . |
29 | Because algebra is letters , and if you have got er something which is you need a root of it or , you can do it with a number , you ca n't do it with a letter . |
30 | Could n't do it with a black one . |