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

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1 We ordered so much we could n't eat the last dish they brought us , could n't even touch it .
2 do n't want the first wee of the mor
3 I do n't throw that evening I wo n't throw at all I wo n't throw the next morning .
4 Dodging through wry humour works , too : ‘ I do n't think the next door office have quite your entire thesis on this subject . ’
5 Then Wayne would complain that he could n't memorize the next day 's dialogue if he did n't know what they were filming , and Huston , according to Wayne , replied , ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll improvise . ’
6 Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart .
7 ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the business , woman . ’
8 He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy .
9 I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’
10 And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’
11 ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out .
12 ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’
13 I do n't know the first thing about brochs .
14 Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it .
15 You do n't know the first thing , do you ? "
16 You simply do n't know the first thing about marriage , do you ?
17 ‘ Most of them do n't know the first thing about sailing . ’
18 She did n't know the first thing about him , after all .
19 And as I had this urge to correct manuscripts as I went along , and could n't read his handwriting , and did n't know the first thing about Roman Britain , you can imagine he felt obliged to educate me .
20 What was she doing , anyway , going out with a man she did n't know the first thing about ?
21 ‘ You do n't know the first thing about my relationship with Florian ! ’
22 ‘ He did n't know the first thing about you , did he ? ’
23 ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the way I work . ’
24 You do n't know the first thing about me !
25 He 's an engineer , does n't know the first thing about literature , but Puddephat makes it all sound scientific by using these very long words .
26 First can I just ask , as , as somebody who 's building a paper aeroplane you got assumption whatsoever , so am I supposed to say I do n't know the first thing about making a paper aeroplane , you you told me .
27 ‘ But Ross — I do n't know the first thing about children ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly .
28 I 'm anxious to do what I can , but I do n't know the first thing about looking after children .
29 You do n't know the first thing about real life . ’
30 Only then did she realise that , for all she had been in his company for a total of several hours now , she still did n't know the first thing about him .
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