Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 2 | Of teachers , four examples , at random , covered approachability , humour and sensitivity ( SED 1989:8 ) : If you do n't have a sense of humour and ca n't laugh with the weans , you 'd crack up more easily . |
| 3 | I did n't laugh into the receiver , but the idea of Manning Jackson taking a chance was something new . |
| 4 | Most of these are rather old , and do n't relate to the present Plate Tectonic picture , but rather to the situation ten or twenty million years ago . |
| 5 | ’ Yates felt that , ‘ Dustin did n't relate to the character because I do n't think Dustin likes to be thought of as nice and charming . |
| 6 | ‘ People ca n't relate to the supermodels anymore , ’ said Four Seasons advertising executive Glyn Hayes . |
| 7 | ‘ And how do we know that everything in this dump has n't fallen off the back of a lorry ? ’ |
| 8 | Stephen 's mother had n't fallen from the cliff-path in a gust of wind : she had been pushed by Stephen 's father . |
| 9 | No I have n't fallen in the river or anything . |
| 10 | And as we drove away , we had n't travelled down the road very far when my wife looked at me in a certain way … and I knew that she wanted Low Birk Hatt as much as me . |
| 11 | I did show in the Serpentine Gallery in 1975 but even that presented a problem of prudery which I did n't experience on the continent . |
| 12 | We see each other every now and again , but we are n't joined at the hip like Siamese twins , you know . ’ |
| 13 | The following people still have n't subbed to the new list , so remember your messages are n't getting through to them . |
| 14 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 15 | News of one did n't transmit to the other . |
| 16 | ‘ I had n't realised at the time how tough it was , ’ he admits . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't explain over the phone . |
| 18 | It was something else that was bothering him , something illogical that he could n't explain to the Captain until he had explained it to himself . |
| 19 | Is n't taught in the seat behind … . |
| 20 | It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were . |
| 21 | Trust : But the happy couple did n't rush to the altar to formalize their alliance . |
| 22 | This is n't intended for the profound jottings which occur in the back of the van after a gig ( to be auctioned at Sotherby 's when you are dead ! ) . |
| 23 | we have n't enrolled in the heavens you see |
| 24 | At least , though , the botfly does n't migrate through the body . |
| 25 | I did n't say anything , just put the bits I could n't eat on the side of my plate . |
| 26 | Refusing even to mix with the amateur plebs in the Olympic Village , the Dream Team 's Charles Barkley explained : ‘ Custer did n't eat with the Indians . ’ |
| 27 | But er I used to go I did n't eat with the men you were n't allowed to eat with the men you see , it was only the full men that sat round this table well |
| 28 | He would n't eat in the hotel just yet in case the locals were feeling generous . |
| 29 | He was different from them , did n't eat in the kitchen with us , but had my mother bake him potatoes and grate carrots that he ate in the isolation of the dining room . |
| 30 | do n't eat in the canteen any more I 'm sure they 're trying to poison us all I did n't think that pair was suited in any case |