Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , he does n't just speak to us for small talk , he does n't just speak to while away the time with , with conversation . |
| 2 | He was a good PTI , he made PT fun and did n't just stick to PT and running — but there was no messing about either and he doubled them across the barracks to the football pitch , Where in the next half hour they worked as hard playing football as they would have done in the gymnasium . |
| 3 | And it does n't just apply to woman , it can apply to men as well . |
| 4 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 5 | Yeah but housewives do n't usually go to sleep at this time in the afternoon . |
| 6 | ‘ We think this can do even better because it 's for home charities and also because many of the names involved do n't usually contribute to compilation albums , such as Genesis and Cher . ’ |
| 7 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 8 | I did n't usually get to bed until 11 or 12 pm . |
| 9 | Well you see I go to bed , but I do n't always go to sleep . |
| 10 | If you suspect that your teenager is using drugs , the most important thing to remember as the waves of panic close over your head is this — experimentation does n't always lead to addiction , but if your child does become addicted , recovery is possible . |
| 11 | ‘ I wo n't ever go to church again . |
| 12 | And I do n't ever listen to hedgehog jokes . |
| 13 | And friendship with one generation does n't automatically lead to friendship with the next , ’ she pointed out with delicate sarcasm . |
| 14 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 15 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 16 | He knew nothing about the world — his children did n't even go to school . |
| 17 | I would n't even go to limbo , Bernard , because I know about Him and have n't converted : I 'll have to go to hell . |
| 18 | It would n't even get to prosecution . |
| 19 | I do n't particularly want to fork out a |
| 20 | They do n't readily take to water — but will swim if the necessity arises . |
| 21 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 22 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 23 | erm I , in m I in my opinion that the Communist Party aim of increasing productivity was n't actually achieved and because of all these problems erm could that their policy of favour of erm promoting rich peasant economy did n't significantly contribute to industrialization erm I mean there was a little bit of an economic growth but that it was n't particularly significant . |
| 24 | who do n't actually go to school . |