Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't only get you to the hospital — we get you there alive ! ’ — commercial for a private medical firm |
| 2 | He nodded , the merest inclination of the head , to say , well , he did n't necessarily commit himself to agreeing but that he was n't ruling it out as a might-have-been either . |
| 3 | The fact that you have edited the school magazine does n't necessarily fit you to be an advertising writer , even though a feeling of familiarity with words is a good thing . |
| 4 | ‘ If there 's any problems we do n't just leave it to one member of staff , we try to sort it out together . |
| 5 | Do n't just leave it to the media and politicians to protest — get up and do it yourself . |
| 6 | Do n't just leave it to the marketing people . |
| 7 | You ca n't feel benevolent and sympathetic , you ca n't just want everything to be nice , as if Jack were a child , and as if I were a child . |
| 8 | It 's very important that you read widely , both novels and playscripts , and do n't just confine yourself to an exam syllabus . |
| 9 | ‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side . |
| 10 | And what and surely you did n't just say nothing to that ? |
| 11 | As for that girl , if it was my father , he would n't just take you to the CRE , he would also give you a good thump . |
| 12 | ‘ Lions do n't generally allow themselves to be dictated to . ’ |
| 13 | I agree that where we 're living at the moment does n't exactly lend itself to being a family home . |
| 14 | Yeah , everyone was going on at how rough they are , I mean you ca n't as I 've said before you ca n't exactly expect them to be super models . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't possibly allow myself to be happy now , because I had an affair/caused a car crash/stole some money/had sex with my brother or sister/ was cruel to my dog/betrayed my best friend — five , ten or twenty years ago . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But in private we are comfortable living with ourselves — we just do n't always admit it to ourselves . |
| 19 | He took the bus , because his parents would n't always drive him to auditions , from Malibu to Santa Monica , 25 miles each way , at the age of thirteen , ‘ and the casting directors would literally take a Polaroid and say thank you very much and you got back on the bus . ’ |
| 20 | And that he did n't really want me to . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't want the students to be ’ , she recalls , ‘ I did n't really want anybody to be , and I certainly did n't think students had any right to be . |
| 22 | Er well I ca n't really sing it to you , cos it 's on tape at the moment . |
| 23 | It can pretend it is using colour film from 50 to 400 ASA , which will keep most happy snappers occupied , but does n't really lend itself to low-light photography or sports . |
| 24 | ‘ They have n't been involved for quite a while so you could n't really expect them to be picked , ’ said Thorstvedt , who is likely to be Norway 's last line of defence on October 14 . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't really expect it to be like this , ’ says Howard . |
| 26 | In retrospect , he says , ‘ Thatcherism did n't really offer anything to kids at the age of fourteen . |
| 27 | Do n't worry , I wo n't really throw you to the wolves . |
| 28 | you could n't really take him to a tribunal could you , 'cos ya |
| 29 | I did n't really teach him to be a mime artiste but to be more of himself , physically , on the outside . |
| 30 | 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 . |