Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Her mum loves it , her friends think the attention is great , but bosses at a firm of Belfast architects could n't spare the city girl the time off she needed for her modelling .
2 ‘ A fucking lion tamer , ’ he said , looking at Paddy , ‘ ye could n't tame a pussy cat . ’
3 there must be a realistic view of what can be achieved but it should n't hinder the improvement process nor stunt enthusiasm .
4 You ca n't eat no animal fat at all
5 Parma ham with melon ( a little more calorie-costly — but they are usually providentially mean with the ham ) , do n't eat the ham fat 150
6 IF YOU DO N'T DESIGN AN EXERCISE PROGRAMME FOR YOURSELF THAT REMAINS ENJOYABLE AS YOUR FITNESS IMPROVES YOU 'LL QUIT !
7 So er that paint did n't cover the skirting board very well .
8 I have to say I 'm a little doubtful as to whether legal aid will be granted because the courts now take the view that if there 's no contest between you and him as to who 's going to look after the child , then they wo n't make a court order .
9 I , for one , could n't make a 10in bowl in 45 minutes — at least , not one with which I would be satisfied .
10 On Thursday night you ca n't make a phone call , if you ca n't
11 It was a coup d'etat. ’ -Margaret Thatcher ‘ As for the leaders of the former Alliance parties , I will say no more than this : they have never learned what every woman knows — that you ca n't make a souffle rise twice . ’
12 It 's a wonder they do n't make a car port here you know ?
13 It was hard to explain to a youngster who was bright but not particularly well educated that I could n't make a nerve work .
14 I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night .
15 Well you ca n't make a wedding cake without glace cherries .
16 Which basically found it could n't make a railway service run and dropped it .
17 The police only enforce the law , they ca n't make the law work , the people who make the law work are the judiciary .
18 When the doctor would n't make the night call , saying it could wait till morning , my father said he would shoot him if my mother died .
19 But I wo n't make the phone call .
20 He does n't make the Commonwealth Final .
21 I ca n't make the East Mainland very well .
22 ‘ I did n't make the dinner date either , I was due to play golf in Houston that week . ’
23 Now there are some I E words E and an I or an I and an E and it does n't make an E sound .
24 It 's one of these I E words but it does n't make an E sound does it ?
25 It 's alright I do n't want no kiss man .
26 Just you make sure they get that jig fixed before I come back , Jimmy , me lad ; I do n't want no repeat performance . ’
27 And you do n't want a plum tree growing up inside you , do you now ? ’
28 ‘ We do n't want a holiday camp here . ’
29 So now I do n't want a factor tree I just want how many different lots of two numbers just two numbers that make three sixty like ten by thirty six or twenty by eighteen all the different things .
30 I do n't want a fur coat !
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