Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 2 | Let's face it , if you ca n't make par on a par-5 to win , you ought to be shot . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't want marriage as a lifeline . |
| 4 | We get complaints from other traders who do n't want trading on a Sunday or from the public who just want a peaceful day . |
| 5 | There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men . |
| 6 | ‘ People think that you do n't need wood for a cremation , — the spokesman told New ’ Scientist , ‘ but you do , because bones are very difficult to burn , as that chap in North London found out . |
| 7 | You should n't need oasis in a narrow container as the flowers wo n't have room to move about . |
| 8 | Now , I do n't know poetry from a hole in the ground and I draw the line at having my head sawn off , even if it 's to save my trenchcoat . |
| 9 | For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’ |
| 10 | And because 59% of men regret divorce ( but only 29% of women ) , it seems that men do n't recognise marriage as a good thing when they have it . |
| 11 | When was a time when you were assertive , just think you can be anything assertive over anything it does n't matter think of a time when you feel you were being assertive anybody think of a time when they were being assertive |
| 12 | I ca n't carry equipment for a youth club on my bicycle , so Paul used to pick me up in his car . ’ |
| 13 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 14 | I said look , Joan 's had her eye on she does n't smoke , Paddy does n't smoke pipe on a chair . |
| 15 | The engineer with the irreverent sense of humour who would n't give houseroom to a defunct machine but who would carefully dismantle and put by any parts that might be of use later on would — this time next year — be helping to nourish the rose beds . |
| 16 | Somebody once said to me they think it 's really rude if they did n't bring wine to a , to a dinner party and then they do n't have to have to drink it . |
| 17 | There was a woman called Wilkinson who could n't keep order in a birdcage . |
| 18 | And what he really meant to say was , you ca n't use money as a er a as a sort of parallel to energy , but paradigm does n't mean parallel , it means something , something different . |
| 19 | But the consultant in charge says he ca n't run casualty like a supermarket . |
| 20 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 21 | Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic . |
| 22 | But , when I was asked to go on a demonstration years ago , I did n't because I just do n't see gender as a problem . |
| 23 | The French , who would n't set foot on a plage without weighing themselves down with their entire jewellery collection , are good at finding tiny little shorts with nifty frou-frou tops . |
| 24 | As an established ‘ national ’ institution the BBC head of sport claims ‘ we do n't approach life from a purely business point of view ’ . |
| 25 | For the first time since 1982 she did n't take part in a short-handed ocean race , a form of competition to which she has become healthily addicted . |
| 26 | DR MARY Archer ca n't take part in a celebrity sponsored walk today because she 's on holiday . |
| 27 | Anyone who did n't take advantage of a situation like this was a fool . |
| 28 | Often found on good daysacks , the waist strap does n't take weight like a hip belt but it does provide extra stability . |
| 29 | We ca n't take care of a little girl . |
| 30 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |