Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's inconceivable that Andrew did n't eventually know what was going on . |
| 2 | What 's the point in having secrets , if you ca n't eventually share them ? ’ |
| 3 | I could n't 'ardly credit it . |
| 4 | I ca n't properly take it all in . |
| 5 | ‘ So you do n't properly believe me either ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 7 | You can use drama without specifically teaching about dramatic forms ( although in using drama as a learning medium , you can not help but make use of dramatic forms ) , but you ca n't effectively teach anything about the nature of dramatic forms without some sort of content . |
| 8 | But I must admit I ca n't altogether make it out . " |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't altogether blame them . |
| 10 | Kersey watched the gulls and tried various gambits to draw him out , succeeding at last : ‘ I suppose Sara 's story is credible and you ca n't altogether blame her for not coming out with it sooner . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 12 | And I can promise you that it will be twelve weeks of absolute hell , ’ he added , sounding as if the idea did n't altogether displease him . |
| 13 | She felt it did n't altogether suit her . |
| 14 | Do n't worry , I sha n't suddenly present you with a bastard grandchild . ’ |
| 15 | Everybody 's version of mothering is unique — you do n't suddenly lose your personality as soon as you give birth , and turn into ‘ A Mum ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ It does keep things tidy : you do n't suddenly lose your best men because of an unexpected scandal . |
| 17 | I ca n't obviously give my Noble Friend an assurance that this will be done , but in due course er I would very much hope that it would be and when it is my Noble Friend will then be able to refer to that Act with total simplicity and find his way through it and with all the original Acts amended as they were and will be after this Act has been passed . |
| 18 | Grandparents do n't only give their grandchildren time . |
| 19 | And I do n't only try it on the |
| 20 | We do n't only get you to the hospital — we get you there alive ! ’ — commercial for a private medical firm |
| 21 | For the first time it occurred to Katherine as a conscious thought that he might find life with her mother a trial in ways which did n't only concern her . |
| 22 | ‘ Anna , ’ Isobel said pleadingly , ‘ Anna , do n't so set your face against things — ’ |
| 23 | One could n't so count it , in her view . |
| 24 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 25 | I suppose we were once dead level , but I do n't especially remember it . |
| 26 | What makes me laugh wo n't necessarily make you laugh . |
| 27 | As a young director working with all-male crews , Karen has had to confront a high level of overt sexism , something the grant-aided sector does n't necessarily prepare you for . |
| 28 | He nodded , the merest inclination of the head , to say , well , he did n't necessarily commit himself to agreeing but that he was n't ruling it out as a might-have-been either . |
| 29 | I do n't necessarily think it does . |
| 30 | She enjoys trying out new ways of doing things , though she does n't necessarily devise them herself . |