Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't laugh into the receiver , but the idea of Manning Jackson taking a chance was something new . |
| 2 | ’ Yates felt that , ‘ Dustin did n't relate to the character because I do n't think Dustin likes to be thought of as nice and charming . |
| 3 | I did show in the Serpentine Gallery in 1975 but even that presented a problem of prudery which I did n't experience on the continent . |
| 4 | News of one did n't transmit to the other . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't explain over the phone . |
| 6 | It was something else that was bothering him , something illogical that he could n't explain to the Captain until he had explained it to himself . |
| 7 | Trust : But the happy couple did n't rush to the altar to formalize their alliance . |
| 8 | At least , though , the botfly does n't migrate through the body . |
| 9 | I did n't say anything , just put the bits I could n't eat on the side of my plate . |
| 10 | He was different from them , did n't eat in the kitchen with us , but had my mother bake him potatoes and grate carrots that he ate in the isolation of the dining room . |
| 11 | He would n't eat in the hotel just yet in case the locals were feeling generous . |
| 12 | do n't eat in the canteen any more I 'm sure they 're trying to poison us all I did n't think that pair was suited in any case |
| 13 | Do n't disappear into the darkness where they might come after you . |
| 14 | Once in New York he could n't disappear into the city either . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 16 | Erm it would have to be if it were with water I 'd have to put something else in as well otherwise the stuff would n't stay on the page . |
| 17 | Shirley said and do n't stay to the end . |
| 18 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 19 | ‘ No , we wo n't stay for the party , ’ Guido was saying , as Ronni fought to shake the feeling from her . |
| 20 | She would need to buy something for Terry — even if she did n't stay for the wedding . |
| 21 | The former Spitfire pilot , who won the Distinguished Flying Cross , just wo n't stay off the road , a court heard . |
| 22 | ‘ So if you did n't stay in the station between about five-thirty and six-thirty , where exactly were you , sir ? ’ |
| 23 | You ca n't stay in the middle of a battle . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't stay in the centre , there was n't space in the centre |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't stay in the business as long as I have without learning a little bit about people . |
| 26 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 27 | If someone starts to give the impression that it is our home and the residents are just people who come and live in it , then they usually do n't stay in the job , it 's as easy as that . |
| 28 | If care assistants give the impression that it is our home and that the residents are just people who come and live in it , then they usually do n't stay in the job , it 's as easy as that . ’ |
| 29 | After going out manicuring she started spending Sunday afternoons in bed and we could n't stay in the house nor play on the doorstep for fear of disturbing her . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't stay in the World indefinitely , ’ said Michael the next day . |