Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
| 2 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
| 3 | Well there was always the parlour , you must have the parlour and er you , you had two living rooms and the one was the parlour and there was a cellar underneath the parlour and er the stairs used to come in from the back and go up , up the stairs over the entrance to the cellar but the stairs used to run up there underneath the stairs was the entrance to the cellar , there was a door , so that you could n't just walk down the cellar without opening the door you see , but apart from that there was er there was just the two , two bedrooms . |
| 4 | She did n't just switch off the television during love scenes in a film , for instance , but even if a scantily clad woman was shown on a beach or something . |
| 5 | ‘ We found you ca n't just lay out the store like a supermarket , ’ Mr Murray said . |
| 6 | In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering . |
| 7 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 8 | come on Mr do n't generally pass on the cost |
| 9 | Changing direction wo n't exactly bring out the Mansell in you but the power steering — in theory the same as that fitted to the others — reacts swiftly and smoothly , and understeer is significantly less than that of the 1.4 GLX . |
| 10 | We had a little chat with Unix System Labs president Roel Pieper last week and he did n't exactly rule out the possibility of USL making a takeover move on Santa Cruz Operation Inc ( UX No 396 ) : however , he said , it would n't be a good business value unless both firms were committed to going in the same direction . |
| 11 | We cook it as I say I mean but I do n't often go up the chip shop . |
| 12 | He was n't even let off the hook when it was all over . |
| 13 | Why was it , she wondered , that she could n't even summon up the rudiments of politeness with this man ? |
| 14 | He knew he had the tournament won , but he was so high he could n't even line up the putt . |
| 15 | Finally , it got to the point where he was driving me nuts , because I could n't even find out the reason he was screaming so . |
| 16 | They ca n't even tear up the hotels on this tour because they 're sleeping on the tour bus . |
| 17 | So Tory Central Office in their desperate search for support ca n't even filter out the Labour councillors on a council they apparently despise . |
| 18 | And it was perfect for me because a lot of the vibrato that I had developed over the years suddenly sounded more like me , because the vibrato bar was n't there taking up the slack and giving way every time I applied vibrato . |
| 19 | He could n't quite make out the face , but he was certain he did n't know the caller , which was unusual . |
| 20 | I ca n't quite make out the items on the list , however many times I go over it , or rather I ca n't make out the rooms on the staircase , or the stairs on my son 's forehead . |
| 21 | Even so , Come do n't quite pull off the nerve-ends-shredded-into-mulch effect that is their widely acknowledged forte . |
| 22 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 23 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 24 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 25 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 26 | Oh no , she 's definitely wants to go , but she has n't actually filled out the form . |
| 27 | Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly . |
| 28 | But it does n't actually wipe out the text of that file . |
| 29 | If you do n't actually pick up the handset and either get engaged , meaning that the other party 's engaged , you wo n't find out . |