Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If they had n't stopped us hunting musk , ’ said Māilo , knocking the spent tobacco out of the chillim on the side of the hearth , ‘ we 'd probably all be rich by now . |
| 2 | ‘ He ca n't lend you money . |
| 3 | In the latest movie , Carry On Columbus , a female member of the cast screams : ‘ The sharks would n't eat me whole ? ’ |
| 4 | The exception to this is the police , who have had by far the largest addition to that , they have n't lost money when they lost S S A , erm , we have been ge , extremely generous to them , far more than to any other committee this year , erm , and although we have n't given them money for , to pay awards because we do n't know exactly what it is . |
| 5 | that is n't , well that is n't given 'em individuality is it ? |
| 6 | I had n't given it houseroom for long enough . |
| 7 | I have n't heard him play . ’ |
| 8 | She had n't heard him approach . |
| 9 | ‘ Luke — ’ Her ears full of the rustling of paper , she had n't heard him approach . |
| 10 | Kelly did n't make them quarter to ten comes in . |
| 11 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 12 | ‘ Would n't make you flavour of the month , would it ? ’ |
| 13 | We do n't want him grandma that 's why he ca n't get |
| 14 | ‘ If I had something to say I said it , ’ he recalls , ‘ but I did n't want you lot ringing me up at three o'clock in the morning . ’ |
| 15 | Oh yeah , I just did n't want you sort of be short |
| 16 | you do n't want it peach anyway |
| 17 | These wo n't damage you hair at all : in fact because they contain lots of conditioning agents they can make it much more shiny and manageable . |
| 18 | I do n't doubt it Varden . |
| 19 | Oh well he probably does n't trust you whipper snatchers first time I actually carried my licence with me . |
| 20 | Oh you , you do n't need me driving license do ya ? |
| 21 | Mind you I think he does well I do n't know him boy lives near me . |
| 22 | Oh I 'll do n't know I pastry , I ca n't do that , I can do the rest but I ca n't make the pastry . |
| 23 | Shearer 's £3.6 million move to Blackburn does n't guarantee him success . |
| 24 | Ca n't Buy Me Love . |
| 25 | The week 's singles listing shows the Fabs occupying the complete Top Five , with ‘ Twist And Shout ’ at Number One , followed by ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ ( 2 ) , ‘ She Loves You ’ ( 3 ) , ‘ I Want To Hold Your Hand ’ ( 4 ) and ‘ Please , Please Me ’ ( 5 ) . |
| 26 | He opened and closed the back door , taking care to slam it , and returned to the hall , whistling a Beatles ' song , ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ . |
| 27 | there is a tendency to standardize different time-scales — but in fact different musical types , and sometimes different pieces within a type , may sell at different rates over different time-spans ; thus the Beatles ' ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ sold a million copies in a week while Ken Dodd 's ‘ Tears ’ took five months to do the same ( Harker 1980 : 98–9 ) . |
| 28 | They strode along bravely , and the tune they played was ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ . |
| 29 | Martin plays a great set , we encore , duetting on Teenage Kicks , Blank Generation and Ca n't Buy Me Love , and I 'm lapsing into rockspeak : Great vibe . |
| 30 | Plus I ca n't buy my kids t the first wife , I ca n't buy them stuff now . |