Example sentences of "n't do [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't do nothing without the money . ’ |
| 3 | you have to cos they ca n't do nothing with the bits , they give you all the bits |
| 4 | But old habits die hard and I did n't do anything of the sort , but sat there pleasantly planning my new wardrobe , with the clothing coupons and the sum of money that a grateful Government had allowed me . |
| 5 | ‘ I wo n't do anything of the sort ! ’ |
| 6 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
| 7 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 8 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 9 | I mean he kept , I mean he did n't do anything to the city you ca n't even see it from the old one 's still standing and it 's in the wrong it 's so nice . |
| 10 | His house was full of things she had only ever seen in old films with Rock Hudson and Doris Day : a vacuum cleaner , which did the work of a suckerdrone ; a gramophone , which played unwieldy round black musidiscs with added scratch and hiss as part of the music ; an electric kettle that took ages , maybe two minutes , to heat up enough water for a cup of recaff , and did n't do anything about the impurities and pollutants . |
| 11 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 12 | And I could n't do anything about the body , could I ? |
| 13 | But , since she could n't do anything about the car situation until that wretched part had been delivered , should n't she concentrate her worries on what she could do something about ? |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't do anything with the matter if you wo n't give me the details . |
| 15 | I do n't do anything in the morning you know . |
| 16 | So , they could n't do anything in the meantime . |
| 17 | Terry Thomas : That 's impossible you know I would n't do anything behind the backs of the unions |
| 18 | ‘ Janine wo n't do anything around the place . ’ |
| 19 | There were so many mistakes I could n't do it over the telephone . |
| 20 | We ca n't do it without the support of the PA , you know that . ’ |
| 21 | And we 're also going to set up our own site , which we 'll be able to carry on on a daily basis throughout the year , so obviously the schools ca n't do it during the holidays . |
| 22 | I agree with this lady and with the dictum of Jennie Churchill , Winston 's American mum who dallied a bit herself : ‘ Just do n't do it on the street and frighten the horses . ’ |
| 23 | But if he ca n't do it on the pitch I 'm sure the skipper will be helping to inspire the lads off it . |
| 24 | A because the work has n't been done What I 'm trying to do is er to say give a balanced approach which seems to me to reflect the County Council 's view that er you really ca n't do it on the basis of a a a quick subjective assessment , it really needs to be the result of a l of a detailed body of work . |
| 25 | still have to do measurements they ca n't do it on the phone you see . |
| 26 | Er you ca you could n't do it on the phone anyway It 's a case of out and er sitting with , having a coffee with the old guy . |
| 27 | I think he opens the no , he ca n't do it on the site cos it 's in er what is it ? |
| 28 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
| 29 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 30 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |