Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] [Wh det] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looks like an old-fashioned sunbonnet , ’ she pronounced , ‘ I ca n't really see what all the fuss is about . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't really see what that 's got to do with it … ’ |
| 3 | Telling her she 's naughty probably wo n't have much effect on her at this stage , as she wo n't really understand what that means . |
| 4 | That being so , teachers like me have the duty to do all we can to prod a child to the limit of that potential , but as we do n't really know what that potential is , and no IQ test can tell us , we are obliged to keep prodding . |
| 5 | Presentation techniques , a few things here that might help you in terms of making it interesting as it were and the actual delivery of your training your posture , keep your posture erect , but relaxed I do n't really know what that means but er er stand up . |
| 6 | You ca n't hate what you can not touch , I ca n't even feel what most people think of as despair . |
| 7 | I could n't even imagine what this sensation might be like any more , so utterly had it evaporated . |
| 8 | Well I ca n't place very many , all I 've placed are the ones in the middle that I used to live in I could probably place Zambia , Malawi Zimbabwe whatever the Conga is now called , I do n't even know what that 's now called that 's about my limit , Ghana Nigeria , might be able to place if it 's geographical features I could place more how many countries have you given then in Africa ? |
| 9 | We did n't even know what all the fuss was about and actually thought the lifeboat was a drifting wreck . |
| 10 | There simply are n't enough with EEC , MEP , ERM , CAP , IGC , WEU — and we do n't even know what half of them mean . |
| 11 | Maybe he 's annoyed because he ca n't quite figure what all this has to do with what the programme describes as ‘ the cyberspace experience ’ , maybe it 's because a minute ago he was nearly run over by a 30-foot-high mutoid metal minotaur , but he looks about ready to chin someone . |
| 12 | Which I ca n't quite see what that 's got to do with a television company but |
| 13 | I ca n't quite remember what all that 's in it now . |
| 14 | I 've got a few awards over the years , and I ca n't quite remember what some of them were given for , but I 've only ever got one for writing and that 's the one I would n't want to give away . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't quite know what that 's supposed to mean , ’ he said severely , ‘ but sometimes I think you pull rank on me a bit , Cassandra . |
| 16 | Th there is erm a study going on to do with something called the British National Corpus which I do n't quite know what that 's about but they they want er samples of the sort of things that lecturers do in lecture theatres . |
| 17 | I do n't quite know what this is all about but I 'm sure I 've never seen either of you two gentlemen … ’ |
| 18 | We do n't yet know what these are , but for reasons which it would n't be proper for me to go into we believe that we may know more about them in about a week . |