Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] it to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If there 's any problems we do n't just leave it to one member of staff , we try to sort it out together . |
| 2 | Do n't just leave it to the media and politicians to protest — get up and do it yourself . |
| 3 | Do n't just leave it to the marketing people . |
| 4 | ‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side . |
| 5 | So you 're sitting in your office and some , you know your , your boss comes in and says hey the president says so and so , but the president does n't usually say it to you he says it to somebody else so there 's always , there 's always a possibility of ambiguity , somebody else has interpreted the president 's message in a particular way . |
| 6 | But in private we are comfortable living with ourselves — we just do n't always admit it to ourselves . |
| 7 | Er well I ca n't really sing it to you , cos it 's on tape at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't really expect it to be like this , ’ says Howard . |
| 9 | And she knew , although they would never have dreamt of telling her , perhaps did n't even admit it to themselves , that they were afraid of her . |
| 10 | Behind the myth of the big drinkers like Hughie Gallacher and Jim Baxter , are the people who did n't quite make it to the realm of myth , the lonely bores , the manic depressives , the failed fullbacks and the defeated unfortunates who had to retire early and find a job in the real world . |
| 11 | I understand your concern an and were that the case show your reluctance to go with the the amendment but there is no such implication that the three point six five one million er er thereby becomes committed in any sense and the big this is an additional provision which may lead er may gone up to er over and above that but it does n't actually admit it to that . |
| 12 | I ca n't actually give it to you because it will amuse suspicion from the guard . |
| 13 | I demonstrated the knitting of the ‘ sandwich ’ neckline but did n't actually sew it to the garment in class . |