Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch …
2 ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’
3 Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again .
4 erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle .
5 Also the dyslexic child is not necessarily unintelligent because he ca n't write something which you 've just written on the blackboard or which has only just been shown to him in some other way ; the dyslexic person ca n't look up at a blackboard , hold the visual symbols in her mind and get them down on paper in a different position .
6 I did n't look up at the sky .
7 He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane .
8 ‘ It just did n't sink in at the time — I did n't quite realise what was happening .
9 If I say to you behaviourism is about di dum di dum and I did but obviously it did n't sink in at the time .
10 Do n't mess about at the plant . ’
11 Please do n't switch off at the mention of maths , if you can use a calculator , you an do this .
12 And if you 're tiling right round a room , inaccurate levels will mean your rows do n't match up at the start and finish point .
13 Er Moderator er there is n't any reason in principle why this sh should n't happen that er this subject could n't come up at the presbytery clerks conference .
14 They do n't come round at the same time so you 're always out of phase and it always looks untidy .
15 There 's one matter that 's in the file , but which did n't come out at the inquest .
16 ‘ He and Marius did n't get on at the time .
17 Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind .
18 The first thing I 'd like you to do is try to write er will you please write down erm do n't shout out at the moment , write down what would be your definition of foreign policy .
19 The point I am making is that , from the viewpoint of scholarship , fundamentalism is dead , but it wo n't lie down at the grass roots level .
20 I 'm afraid so , I mean a lot of these things , you can have a basic idea , and then your flowers do n't turn up at the markets and all them sort of things , although we 've got a wonderful garden and I 've got quite a lot I can use .
21 I Ca n't figure out why I did n't turn back at the the ?
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