Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
2 | They wo n't want 'em at t'front door . |
3 | Will did n't need me at home , because he was busy writing his new play , A Midsummer Night 's Dream . |
4 | My gran do n't buy me at Christmas . |
5 | She does n't do it at home , she can easily go out |
6 | Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) . |
7 | If you do n't learn , at school they 'd give you detention and lines and punish you for not doing it , if you do n't do it at college it 'll be your mistake and your fault |
8 | Paul is hyperactive — we ca n't keep him at school . |
9 | ‘ You ca n't keep them at home forever , you know . |
10 | ‘ I wish you would n't ring me at home . |
11 | Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all . |
12 | It would have made her task easier if he 'd still been in the bitter , brutal mood that had possessed him after William Ash had delivered his ultimatum , but she did n't understand him at present . |
13 | She wo n't see me at night , because sometimes her husband rings up then . |
14 | You know , if you ca n't sell it at home , you know , you get rid of it on the world market . |
15 | Edouard was sent back home , they could n't have him at work looking like that . ’ |
16 | You 've got Coke , that 's your treat each week , cos you do n't have it at home , you only have it on a Sunday |
17 | ‘ The ones who do n't leave them at home should be sent down . |
18 | I do n't mention it at dinner parties or evening drinks because people shift away from me or say ’ I must circulate ’ . |
19 | You would n't get them at night college , because people who go to night school go because they want to learn , and if there 's any you 've got running around as you call it , will be thrown out ! |
20 | When when he has got when he 's got the time to go to , I do n't know where he gets them , he does n't get them at Marble Arch Marks I think . |
21 | He tried to tackle Gina about it , hinting that a young man like him needed sex from someone if he could n't get it at home . |
22 | they ca n't tell the difference I mean there 's nothing In fact if I ca n't get Krona at Presto and I ca n't get it at Co-op , I shall write to Kr to Pre to Krona and say I 'll have a I 'll have a box . |
23 | Nigel also told every journalist proudly that he was ‘ married with one son ’ , although he made damn sure they did n't interview him at home , where they might meet his wife , or worse still , her friends . |
24 | Did I wear it over Chris , I did n't wear it at Christmas time did I ? |
25 | It 's absolutely no good expecting international players to develop the correct habits of fitness , conditioning and preparation if we do n't instil them at club level . |
26 | Oh well , now I do n't ask him at night because Is that i is we hardly have any sleep . |
27 | Theorists love sort of debating concepts and arguments they do n't want to , to , wo n't accept them at face value , they 'll actually challenge them and enjoy the rationale , enjoy discussing them . |
28 | Well , she would n't find him at home . |
29 | If he ca n't find her at home , tell him to look in the public library in the afternoon . |