Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't make a mess in there . |
| 2 | He fetched his sleeping bag from the cornbin , where he kept it so the mice would n't make a nest in it , and curled up to go to sleep . |
| 3 | Anyway so and then of course Oh that was another thing , I said to him , No you 'll want to sit somewhere you 'll want I do n't want a desk in there , I 'm not having my desk in there . |
| 4 | I knew initially I did n't want a man in a silver suit with a mask over his head — the sort of thing you see in fairgrounds . |
| 5 | Do n't want a pile in the cellar when carpet delivery comes . |
| 6 | Improving written communications and running effective home — school relationships will have costs in time and money but smiling a lot and being nice to people does n't knock a hole in the school budget . |
| 7 | ‘ He ca n't knock a nail in a wall , ’ his mother had said before they married . |
| 8 | She 'd told him she did n't need a man in her life , that she had no wish for a home and family , that her career was all-important . |
| 9 | erm , we do n't need a degree in it , but some . |
| 10 | So you do n't need a degree in mathematics to run a computer ? |
| 11 | Do n't need a cathedral in it |
| 12 | There 've been some er conversations between the players out on the pitch and an Italian journalist who clearly does n't need a microphone in order to be heard . |
| 13 | You know the situations where you 're in a I do n't know a meeting in some presentation and somebody wants you to give a vote of thanks have you ever had that , I had that Birmingham University one time . |
| 14 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 15 | I would n't bounce a ball in your mother 's kitchen where all her things are . |
| 16 | The White-house says the meeting on Thursday with the country 's Prime Minister does n't signal a change in U S foreign policy . |
| 17 | The Whitehouse says the meeting on Thursday with the country 's Prime Minister does n't signal a change in U S foreign policy . |
| 18 | Miriam : You could n't oppress a woman in our traditional society , she had her place and her property . |
| 19 | So I think erm there is there is a difference between us in all of that , but that need n't necessarily mean that we wo n't identify a site in the future . |
| 20 | But as this is hunting country , I did n't expect a trap in the woods . |
| 21 | Hill expresses the way time has cheated them : his daughter was born while he was remanded in custody , and is now 14 : ‘ She would change dramatically and I did n't feel a change in myself mentally . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know much about etiquette back there in the shtetl , but even in these decadent times we do n't feel a gun in the back is just a snappy way to say ‘ please ’ . ’ |
| 23 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 24 | Oh do n't bring a cat in love ! |
| 25 | When Thurber offers his ‘ Ten Rules for a Happy Marriage ’ , he eschews , he says , such time-worn admonitions as ‘ Do n't keep a blonde in the guest room ’ , in favour of his own , eg , ‘ The good wife allows the mosquito to bite her when her husband is reading aloud ’ . |
| 26 | Tell you the truth , I would n't mind a month in the sun with her . |
| 27 | Are you so trapped in a time of royalty and titles that you ca n't envisage a world in which a woman has obligations ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I know , ’ Flavia went on , ‘ that people do n't like a divorce in their family , but when you think that his has so long ceased to be a real marriage You have n't seen them together , Michel and … |
| 29 | He wo n't spend a night in the room . |
| 30 | So though it wo n't provide a killing in one year , it may cut risk , he concludes . |