Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Do n't tread around bushes to firm them , this will cut off the oxygen supply to the roots .
2 After investigation , Fairmile still ca n't explain how Alexander got out .
3 Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared .
4 A spokeswoman for the far-right Deutsche Volks- union said : ‘ We ca n't rule out demonstrations when she appears with Bonn government officials . ’
5 … but do n't rule out Party Politics and Zeta 's Lad
6 But that does n't rule out altruism .
7 Firstly , you know , I have n't given up painting ; if I get an idea for a painting tomorrow , I 'll do it .
8 The Galway International winner has n't given up hope of bidding yet again for one of the few big Irish rallies to elude him but describes his chances of being on the start line on Good Friday as ‘ remote ’ .
9 Some chanting from left , and Dennis and Sri Lankans contingents have n't given up hope .
10 But … but they do n't make up life … well , not entirely . ’
11 These are reasons to be cheerful , but the studied neglect of the national press does n't make only Kitty angry .
12 She could n't make out Eileen 's answer but she muttered , ‘ Eejit , is right , ’ before she knocked on the door .
13 I , I did n't want mentally handicap I wanted mentally sick like schizophrenic
14 Soldiers do n't throw away guns .
15 He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment .
16 ‘ I admit I am not playing that well at the moment but I do n't think either Dewi Morris or Steve Bates are pulling up trees either .
17 We 've got an away goal , but I do n't think away goals will come into it . ’
18 She was finding the presence of Sister Dew intolerable and could n't think why Mark and Sophia had invited her .
19 ‘ Ca n't think why Archie Cousins should pick on me , ’ said Joe , eyeing his carpet-bag frowningly .
20 No you see I do n't think normally people do .
21 I do n't think even Rainbow is so obtuse that she can be in any doubt as to her visitor 's ultimate intentions .
22 Mm , I do n't think so Helena Rosanne
23 I do n't think so Agnes .
24 I do n't think so Barbara , it 's a bit difficult to tell is n't it ?
25 Well I do n't think so tongue and groove is , is wood in n it ?
26 Do n't think so mate .
27 I Do n't think so mate .
28 Do n't think so Gilly .
29 I do n't think so Helen .
30 I ca n't think how Liza stands it .
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