Example sentences of "n't [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I worship her and she wo n't make an honest man of me . |
| 2 | You ca n't make an individual schedule appear which includes both the tasks the person is responsible for and the ones he or she is merely involved in . |
| 3 | Chances are that it wo n't make an ideal radio record any more than ‘ Candle in the Wind ’ would be a dancefloor hit at Stringfellow 's . |
| 4 | Phillis said , ‘ I would n't want an innocent man in jail . ’ |
| 5 | But I do n't want an indignant boyfriend on my doorstep breathing fire . ’ |
| 6 | I feel very sad about leaving Evan , but harsh though it may be , I do n't want an adolescent tomcat to cloud what relationship I still have with Lucker . |
| 7 | You do n't want an obese |
| 8 | you do n't want an obese husband do you ? |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want an overall view . |
| 10 | We did n't want an equal slice of a male cake , we wanted the men and their cake out of our lives . |
| 11 | If you do n't want an alcoholic drink , mineral water is an acceptable alternative . |
| 12 | And he certainly does n't want an attractive woman saving him . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh no , ’ protested Moreau , ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want an old buffer like me tagging along with you . ’ |
| 14 | We do n't want an old battle-axe of a nanny having it all her own way . |
| 15 | But you do n't want an old woman 's gossip . |
| 16 | The District Military Council sent me over to the Area Military Commissariat as an adviser , but these young men do n't want an old man 's advice . |
| 17 | You do n't want an old boot . |
| 18 | Today , there is an attitude which says that if you do n't want an active sex life , there must be something wrong with you . |
| 19 | I do n't want an intense , triplike experience , thank you . |
| 20 | " Oh come now , dear , you ca n't fool an old hand like me " She smiled complacently down at her swiftly-flashing knitting needles . |
| 21 | Well I do n't think an ordinary school can really cope with a dyslexic child , and I do n't think it 's fair to expect them to do so . |
| 22 | I began broadcasting when I was twenty-one — it was what I wanted to do more than anything , if you do n't count an early ambition to be Hopalong Cassidy or Flash Gordon — and I do n't think I 've had many happier moments than acting in my first radio play . |
| 23 | He adds : ‘ Actually , I hope the Tories do n't win an overall majority . ’ |
| 24 | At this stage you do n't need an experienced sound engineer . |
| 25 | ‘ In the 1950s you did n't need an enormous sum to become one if you worked at Lloyd 's ’ he says . |
| 26 | The R Y A does n't need an enormous subscription income and so if we could increase personal membership to say four hundred and eighty thousand , which happens to be the aggregate membership of our member clubs , this could be at a very much lower individual subscription and this in turn would facilitate selling membership to the nearly two million yachts persons who are not members of clubs . |
| 27 | It does n't need an easier camera , it needs you |
| 28 | Indeed , there are people who simply do n't need an electronic publishing system at all — a high-end word processor may be all that they actually require |
| 29 | She hoped she had n't caught an unmentionable disease from her visit to the news-theatre . |
| 30 | And I do n't know an awful lot about it and there 's going to be all these stalls . |