Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 2 | Most of these are rather old , and do n't relate to the present Plate Tectonic picture , but rather to the situation ten or twenty million years ago . |
| 3 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 4 | ‘ The chief agent was awoken at six in the morning ; he had to ask John Wakeham , you know how good John is at this sort of thing , to quit his room at Topps Hotel ( he wo n't stay in the Grand for all the tea in China and who shall blame him ? ) and pop down to Kemp Town and arrange bail . |
| 5 | She could n't stay in the small office with Roman 's lazy , taunting presence . |
| 6 | I started to feel I could n't stay in the same room as you . |
| 7 | On the whole though , it is a very cheap country to visit if you do n't stay in the big hotels . |
| 8 | Manolo did n't groove to the Big Empty . |
| 9 | They discover things that because they have a power for good have an equal power for bad — one ca n't exist without the other — and then say , ‘ Here it is , do what you like with it . |
| 10 | Based very loosely on the Pat Barker novel Union Street — so loosely in fact that the Robert De Niro character Stanley does n't exist in the original — Stanley and Iris manages for most of its length to say a great deal about struggling along just above the poverty line . |
| 11 | The little volume , which deals with cooking out of doors for motorists , cyclists , campers , walkers , and fishermen has never been translated into English and would n't be of much practical use to us if it were , because the majority of the recipes are based on the products to be bought at the " village charcutier " , an institution which does n't exist in the British Isles . |
| 12 | For example , supposing you erm , this , this , this was used principally in child analysis , which did n't exist before the First World War , it was developed afterwards . |
| 13 | It does n't compare to the recent find by Suffolk farmer Eric Laws , which is estimated to be worth millions . |
| 14 | I ca n't compare with the other companies in the industry . |
| 15 | Julian says the conventional sewage treatment plants being installed by Severn Trent are less efficient and cost 10 times as much to build.Severn Trent says it ca n't comment on the seven million pound claim until the court hearing . |
| 16 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 17 | Phil Simmons : 122 in the first one-day international and 104 in the third — and did n't bat in the second |
| 18 | Erm there were two at the end discuss the works of either Descartes or oh , ca n't think of the other one ! |
| 19 | We do n't think of the collective morality , the collective responsibility , in our society , for other people 's distress . |
| 20 | ‘ I meant , well , I just meant that — I du n no , I just ca n't think of the right words . |
| 21 | Er , you 're right , erm I ca n't think of the right word er |
| 22 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 23 | That night , Jim was a bit happier and did n't think about the previous worries . |
| 24 | They did n't think in the right way . |
| 25 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 26 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 27 | A MUCH-PRAISED AMERICAN playwright , John Guare has never received his due in this country — not , I think , because his comedies do n't appeal to the English sense of humour but because it 's difficult for actors here to get across their vision of insane optimism and everyday insanity . |
| 28 | did n't count in the same |
| 29 | The first one we 've had satisfaction on today , erm that new employ sorry existing employment land falling vacant and being redeveloped does n't count against the sixty hecst hectares , secondly that the borough if it wished , subject to the local plan process and er county structure plan policies could choose to put its sixt sixty hectares outside the city centres or in part , and then the third weight sir which much hover in the air I guess till tomorrow would be er the arrival of the strategic site policy which would be in addition . |
| 30 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |