Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are the pleasures which we draw him on to — ( He escapes a fractional giggle but recovers immediately ) and by that I do n't mean your usual filth ; you ca n't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires . |
| 2 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 3 | I wonder who first decided that we should n't eat mustard with lamb ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Indeed , her father had shocked her by breaking this silence and by advising her , when she went up to Cambridge , not to join the Communist Party ; a joke 's a joke , he told her , but you do n't want trouble with visas if ever you want to go to America . |
| 8 | Well , then , you 'll know why just at the moment the Consul-General does n't want trouble between Moslems and Copts . ’ |
| 9 | You do n't want equality for women . |
| 10 | I do n't think advertising in TSB or the Prog is going to do that . |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But even Helen Huntingdon does n't seek independence in order to freely give it up again . |
| 14 | The man does n't know history from histrionics . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Richardson would n't know cocaine from soap powder . ’ |
| 17 | We 'll see if we ca n't catch sight of Mullach and Lionan as they head back north . |
| 18 | She did n't catch sight of Marc until that afternoon . |
| 19 | They say they wo n't buy mahogany from loggers convicted of malpractice , but insisted an immediate stop on the trade would cost jobs . |
| 20 | Do n't buy food near San Marco . |
| 21 | I knew that men did n't enjoy talk about emotion . |
| 22 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
| 23 | Reversing the image ( so that it wo n't appear back to front ) will make following the instructions for the Swiss embroidery much easier . |
| 24 | Often she ca n't do PE at school and ca n't walk very far . |
| 25 | But words ca n't do justice to Jan Ormerod 's wonderful animal pictures , which make each spread in this large-format picture a joy to look at . |
| 26 | With a last dissatisfied glance in the mirror , she left the bedroom and made her way downstairs , vaguely wondering why she did n't feel light of heart . |
| 27 | HIBS can tuck away their passports until their summer hols if they do n't beat Anderlecht at Easter Road on Tuesday night . |
| 28 | I heard him pumping up the pressure and singing a folk song which began , ‘ We do n't smoke pot in Norwich City ’ . |
| 29 | Dah dih dah dah , we do n't smoke pot in Norwich City , doo doo … ’ |
| 30 | There was no comment ; instead he began to sing : ‘ We do n't smoke pot in Norwich City … ’ |