Example sentences of "n't [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it does n't spare the blushes of Sean Connery , Roger Moore and the others who have been issued with the secret agent 's famous licence to kill . |
| 2 | She is , of course , renowned for her critical essays punctuated with cusses on the male of the species and does n't spare the blushes or the punches when exposing them to ridicule . |
| 3 | TO THE WOODS KEVIN MY GOOD MAN AND DO N'T SPARE THE HORSES ! ! |
| 4 | It has been the starting-point for many a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure — ‘ London Bridge Station , cabby , and do n't spare the horses ’ . |
| 5 | None of them came back , you see : the Americans could n't spare the trucks and the farms were n't allowed to use their petrol for anything but getting food to market . |
| 6 | However , ‘ Mrs. Butler , one of the aged attendants ’ appeared before the committee , and said that she could n't bathe the females without help ; to which matron replied that there were no able-bodied female inmates in the institution to give such assistance . |
| 7 | Now if the child can not interpret and relate the symbols to the animal , then he 's left wondering what the symbols mean , he ca n't relate the symbols to understanding that a cow is spelt verbally as C O W , and he 's left quite mystified , and he does n't know what we 're talking about . |
| 8 | You could n't treat the kids as individuals , like you do in art . |
| 9 | One Aberdeen correspondent , who received this , and who later realised that the children had n't received the letters she had sent them , felt very aggrieved . |
| 10 | I have n't received the samples , er oh sorry I I 'll moving on to what we 're talking about . |
| 11 | Things have changed , as you see , but we have n't joined the ranks of the bourgeoisie exactly . |
| 12 | Shelley had n't realised the implications of visiting a hospital over eight miles away . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't explain the rules properly at the outset so it 's only fair we should start again … ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't explain the reasons why . |
| 15 | If she did n't eat the vegetables , she was almost sure to eat the meat . |
| 16 | Do n't eat the eggs . |
| 17 | This is your room , hello , we 'll have to fix that bulb , may I ask you not to flush the toilet between the hours of eleven at night and seven in the morning while the sanitation department is still in , do n't be alarmed , cockroaches are a way of life in this part of the world , the gekkos are friendly too , although they wo n't eat the spiders . |
| 18 | ‘ Make sure Nigel does n't eat the crisps , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Searching around for a related but cooperative proposition that B might be intending to convey , we arrive at the opposite , or negation , of what B has stated namely that Britain does n't rule the seas , and thus by way of Relevance to the prior utterance , the suggestion that there is nothing that Britain could do . |
| 20 | There again , we have n't given the Conservatives a go since the by-election ; we could swing back to them , that might be fun . |
| 21 | And they say they have n't given the producers their co-operation . |
| 22 | This is implied in the following passage from his memoirs : ‘ We had n't given the Cubans anything more than the Americans were giving their allies in Italy and Turkey . |
| 23 | Linebacker Gary Plummer said : ‘ We have n't given the fans a heck of a lot to cheer in the seven years I 've been here . |
| 24 | Many of us got caught this way years ago , but I do n't think yarns for weaving are sold at Knitting Shows anymore — at least I have n't heard the complaints that I used to do . |
| 25 | I have n't heard the names yet , of the people who have lost their lives but I 'd be I would be certain that I would know some of them personally . |
| 26 | No I do n't fancy the schools . |
| 27 | You do n't fancy the schools . |
| 28 | Yeah that 's it exactly and then you wo n't cover the titles . |
| 29 | We take him off and do n't cover the breaks while you want him . |
| 30 | Your catering assistants normally do split shifts , which wo n't cover the lunches , so you will have to cover these with extra hours . |