Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] [adv] [art] " 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 ca n't just dig up a magnolia one July day and put it in the gap left by the camellia — it will die rather quickly . |
| 8 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 9 | It 's not easy to predict why shame should operate one way or , or another and although it has something to do with the superego , you ca n't just say well the superego is er purely the result of erm of , of socialization , if you have strict parents you have a strict superego , it 's not that simple . |
| 10 | come on Mr do n't generally pass on the cost |
| 11 | Clyde would n't intentionally startle even a fly . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Minton imparted a sense of urgency to his students , advising them : ‘ You must n't ever turn down a commission . |
| 15 | Tom : ‘ We do n't really put on a big theatrical performance , so you do n't look at it that way , you just try and sing it in tune . |
| 16 | Cos that frustrates me , when I 'm waiting to go onto a roundabout and I do n't know where the other c I ca n't really read where the other cars are going . |
| 17 | for help and in fact , I had already spoken to the Justice and Peace Group , so I do n't really know where the muddle had come , but he said he got a , a list from British Section and Bishop 's Stortford has n't got any representative at all , which is extraordinary , so I do n't whether Rose has little note and told Mr . |
| 18 | Well you see I was nineteen and er really I do n't really know why the nineteen twenty one strike was . |
| 19 | We cook it as I say I mean but I do n't often go up the chip shop . |
| 20 | I could n't even bite off a sliver . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sick and you wo n't even bring up a drink . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't even bring off a bad one , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Maybe the boat leaks — we 'll sink , and no one knows we 're here so they wo n't even send out a search party … . |
| 24 | She wo n't even rinse out a coffee-cup . |
| 25 | Why was it , she wondered , that she could n't even summon up the rudiments of politeness with this man ? |
| 26 | He knew he had the tournament won , but he was so high he could n't even line up the putt . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't even fill out an application form . ’ |
| 29 | You ca n't even pick up every quiet guy who dresses like a skinhead and lives with blondie . |
| 30 | He did n't even know where the toilet was up here . |