Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 10 Do n't persist in a procedure that fails to work . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems she does ; you would n't persist in a story that will be disproved as soon as I meet Mr and Mrs Smith , but I do n't believe you 're identical twins . |
| 3 | And there 's no gummed edge so the paper was n't ripped off a pad . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyone who gets toothache but is n't registered with a dentist wo n't be accepted . ’ |
| 5 | Well it , it , it , it does n't relate to a pattern erm to be an analogy . |
| 6 | I have n't travelled with a maid for years . |
| 7 | ‘ They do n't graze like a herd of sheep and keep all the vegetation down to one level , ’ says Robson . |
| 8 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 9 | You ca n't explain to a child . ‘ |
| 10 | It is the sort of thing you ca n't explain to a child . ’ |
| 11 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 12 | It was n't intended as a writing implement , and the shapes it drew were angular and hard to read . |
| 13 | I I mean I think I think in retrospect the erm this is n't intended as a criticism erm of past work , but I do think we need to look at getting as much volunteer help in the town towards volun volunt environmental achievements as possible because one of our one of our claims is that we 're cost effective and can galvanize voluntary effort , and if we erm put all of our work out to tender including relatively small works , we 're actually going to negate that particular claim and we 're gon na look as as as er cost cost wasteful as the district council and the county council in their use of professional help all the time , even though there may be people in the community who are prepared to help . |
| 14 | When you went out on a tour with MainMan , you did n't eat in a Wimpey level of place , or stay in the Holiday Inn . |
| 15 | I do n't eat after a certain , ten o'clock so it 's after |
| 16 | And more to the point he did n't disappear on a massive binge , and he gave all that money to his sister . |
| 17 | The conductivity does n't stay at a certain level then ? |
| 18 | This one wo n't stay on a model track in the back garden , it 's being exported to Holland to pull passengers round a theme park , but the builder would be delighted to do it again . |
| 19 | However , the industry wo n't stay on a plateau and there is still much to be done in improving the processes in engineering as well as chemical terms . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I wo n't stay for a shower , I 'll go for a swim instead . ’ |
| 21 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 22 | Of course , it did n't stay as a ‘ one-off ’ for very long ! |
| 23 | He says male rape does n't exist as a legal entity in this country , the law needs changing to alter people 's perceptions It 's the same as any other serious sexual crime |
| 24 | ‘ Once you are back in England , there are a thousand other things to do : bills to pay , shopping , other sides to living that do n't exist in a place like Antarctica , where there is no telephone , and no other people for thousands of miles . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I sure have n't heard of a film starring a plumber before , ’ says Mario . |
| 26 | ‘ There are always disagreements between committee members , Chief Superintendent , but I have n't heard of a club murder this century . |
| 27 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 28 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |
| 29 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 30 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |