Example sentences of "n't [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If yer do n't git in line fast enough ivery time yer 'll never git a ‘ undred , ’ was the Old Stager 's greeting in praise of the innings . |
| 2 | You are cautious/play it safe/hold back/do n't experiment for fear of making a mistake/failing/looking stupid . |
| 3 | Erm if you wish to proceed with this proposal , I would suggest perhaps that erm it is n't uncertainty of responsibility but perhaps the extent of responsibilities and powers of the various agencies which need to be clarified and I , it is , it is pro probably that area which erm will be addressed by er th the analysis which takes place erm after the immediate problems are behind us er but certainly the implications for the Strategic Planning Committee erm and for , perhaps for local planning or something which erm the Chief Officers could be asked to report back to this Committee . |
| 4 | But Noel , is n't exercise against resistance is supposed to have some special benefit is n't it ? |
| 5 | Q : But is n't marriage about partnership , trust ? |
| 6 | And , but he did n't sort of point and say anything . |
| 7 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 8 | There was that thing Mrs Hollidaye said , about how each person could only be brave in their own way and there was n't room on earth for everybody to be a hero . |
| 9 | John , who will wave goodbye to his treasured motor at Sotheby 's saleroom in Billingshurst , West Sussex , said : ‘ I 'd love to keep it but there is n't room at home . |
| 10 | The car most definitely is n't king on race day . |
| 11 | This is n't evidence of decadence or decline , it 's evidence of the spreading of wealth and the sharing of privilege . |
| 12 | understand the meaning behind the sentence but you could n't word for word . |
| 13 | But her father John today told an inquest he is certain it was n't pressure of work . |
| 14 | It was n't lack of love . |
| 15 | And the counter-arguments to this is that there is n't lack of information , people know they 're not going to get a job , but they 're still better off to move , so that 's a rubbish theory . |
| 16 | There was n't time to edge away or even think as his mouth possessed her and his hands moved on her body , caressing it beneath the soft folds of her cotton top . |
| 17 | ‘ You have n't time to fiddle-faddle about like that . ’ |
| 18 | The Germans are just over the river there — I 'm off on a recce directly — and I have n't time to muck about . |
| 19 | There simply was n't time for lunch and she worked straight through . |
| 20 | There certainly was n't time for thought just now , and had there been I 'd probably have been sick . ’ |
| 21 | For example , Jenny wanted to go to the park , but her father said there was n't time before tea . |
| 22 | They did n't say that an and but they in this particular area , remember this is n't fly by wire , this is fly by light . |
| 23 | I see now why you were so evasive when I said I had n't power of attorney . ’ |