Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean he would n't sack his ex wife . |
| 2 | ‘ What a bleedin' cheek , we ai n't got no valuables , ’ said Mr Beavis , ‘ 'e did n't treat yer rough , did 'e ? ’ |
| 3 | It is just a shame we do n't treat our fellow human beings so well , rather than allowing so many to go hungry . |
| 4 | just pinch her hand , give her a firm handshake because you 've got about ninety seconds in which to make your first impression and of the ninety seconds about ninety five percent of that time is made through visual images and that can be your dress sense , the way you carry yourself , present yourself , erm body language , do n't invade his personal space , only I think about erm I think about twelve , twelve seconds off of ninety seconds , or there thereabouts is spent on what you say . |
| 5 | I first went into therapy because my doctor could n't explain my constant flu symptoms , and because I carried so much tension . |
| 6 | ‘ It does n't explain our mysterious man in the hold . ’ |
| 7 | I do wo n't explain your broken nose though Stu , will it ? |
| 8 | This has n't stopped me admiring , respecting and feeling affection for Steffi . |
| 9 | He could n't recollect anything similar having happened to him . |
| 10 | And if thee do n't eat thy black pudding reet this minute he 'll come doon chimney and out o feature coal-effect bar fire and gobble thee op . |
| 11 | I ca n't eat it plain . |
| 12 | Do n't eat anything dangerous — but try to extend the range of things you know the taste of . |
| 13 | Just , just so that we can erm , make sure for the cabaret committee you have n't given yourself enormous pay rises in the first half can you , can you split out in the corporate expenses less other , what the er , er , profit on the sale of some of your Cedar Fayre investment was ? |
| 14 | Now I have n't finished , but I mean I , it really is at the top of my mind , yo , you know it has n't I have n't given it top priority . |
| 15 | I 'd hoped it would be a good break for Roland and Heather , and I think it was , but I have n't heard their retrospective verdict yet . |
| 16 | I said I did n't make myself homeless and he said no I did n't realise by November we , well we went down , that was the September and by the October we got our home did n't we ? |
| 17 | But perhaps I did n't make myself clear . |
| 18 | Okay now erm , there 's a slight change of plan because er following one or two of the classes last week I realized that erm I had n't made myself very well understood last week and er what came back from one or two people was rather garbled , and really it 's my own fault because I probably tried to do too much too quickly and as a result perhaps er did n't make myself clear . |
| 19 | ‘ Obviously I did n't make myself clear , ’ said Niall with sudden dry impatience . |
| 20 | Most of them ca n't be played because they 're so fragile and if they were restored they would n't make their original sound . |
| 21 | Do n't make me sorry I came here to say ‘ Goodbye ’ . ’ |
| 22 | It did n't make me drunk , which was what I was confidently expecting it to do . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't make me angry , ’ he warned in a low tone . |
| 24 | How come I ca n't make her happy , how come she ca n't make me happy ? |
| 25 | Do n't make me ashamed of you . ’ |
| 26 | It does n't make me unusual in any way . |
| 27 | ‘ You did n't make me sick , Penry ! |
| 28 | Even the sight of Little Chef and the ponies longingly looking out for her every morning did n't make him relent . |
| 29 | ‘ Just because he 's not frivolous and making jokes every five minutes does n't make him boring ! ’ |
| 30 | And anyway it 's this bas er ba baseball player and he does n't hit the ball you see , which ma does n't make him famous so he finds this person and he makes him go back and he does hit the ball and becomes really famous and that special person 's Michael Caine , it looked quite good . |