Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 2 | I wonder who first decided that we should n't eat mustard with lamb ? |
| 3 | At their annual trade show today , cable companies expressed alarm at the prospect of competition from B T. There 's a government ban on the phone company sending television pictures over its network but the regulators believe the ban does n't cover video on demand . |
| 4 | I do n't make calls at night to make money . |
| 5 | Says 63-year-old Dr Jordan : ‘ I do n't make calls at night to make money . |
| 6 | And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back . |
| 7 | You ca n't make love at pistol point … her being filled with remorse , and she checked herself from flinging her arms round Lucy : steady , Jay , she told herself , we 're only seconds away from no , nay , never . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I think its important , when you have a recovery , you do n't want forms of taxation which might damage it or hit the cash flow of companies . ’ |
| 9 | Poster : Please , please , I 'm 16 and I do n't want pictures of Steg to pin up or wrestlers . |
| 10 | Sho sho you should n't throw stones in glass houses ! |
| 11 | Many of us got caught this way years ago , but I do n't think yarns for weaving are sold at Knitting Shows anymore — at least I have n't heard the complaints that I used to do . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do n't think people in business are that open to contacting a firm they do n't know for a health check . ’ |
| 13 | Maybe in ten , fifteen years the situation may change , but I do n't think enlargement for enlargement 's sake is going to be of benefit to the E C. |
| 14 | Because I do n't think wages for housework is the same thing as saying that when women have to give up their jobs when their kids are little , or if there are n't no nurseries , that they should have bigger family allowances , that is n't the same as saying wages for housework , is it ? |
| 15 | Jason and I made a pact that we would n't discuss hairdressing at home unless we had to and we think that is even more important now that we have the baby . |
| 16 | The Home Office say an enquiry is underway , but they ca n't discuss details of prison security . |
| 17 | But even Helen Huntingdon does n't seek independence in order to freely give it up again . |
| 18 | They do n't hang women for murder any more , no more Ruth Ellises . |
| 19 | He wo n't win games through safety but he 's so consistent at potting balls that it hardly matters . ’ |
| 20 | He does n't need reams of paper for that . |
| 21 | → You do n't need loads of technique to sound emotional — listen to Neil Young . |
| 22 | The man does n't know history from histrionics . |
| 23 | She reported that her supper had been a few broad beans swimming in oil , that the bread was stale and that she had been put under a woman who did n't know starch from steam . |
| 24 | ‘ Richardson would n't know cocaine from soap powder . ’ |
| 25 | I knew that men did n't enjoy talk about emotion . |
| 26 | When I say I ca n't see people I think it 's the lighting but there is a sort of a I ca n't recognise people by face . |
| 27 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
| 28 | They do n't carry horses by train much now . |
| 29 | Reversing the image ( so that it wo n't appear back to front ) will make following the instructions for the Swiss embroidery much easier . |
| 30 | Often she ca n't do PE at school and ca n't walk very far . |