Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [adv] as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Donna did n't slow up as she roared up the slope . |
| 2 | ‘ Charity , I do n't think clearly as soon as you come into the picture . |
| 3 | I knew I had , on a couple of occasions , at student union meetings but I could n't think why as he certainly was n't a political animal . |
| 4 | In fairness to this young and skilful Victorians side they just did n't count yesterday as Randalstown were a class apart . |
| 5 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 6 | It was evasive about why IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard did n't show up as licensees but it 's obviously expecting their announcements by and by . |
| 7 | And the second servant does n't do quite as well , he erm but he manages to make five talents out of his one talent . |
| 8 | Pity they ca n't do inside as well ! |
| 9 | Even the insects could n't keep up as we shot down Mount Cedric like a beer down the throat of a thirsty All Black rugby player . |
| 10 | In fact , it did n't work out as , when not controlled by a sitter , it would revolve slowly on its axis fourteen times one way and then reverse and repeat the exercise . |
| 11 | Recent research has shown that well-informed mothers who have been able to take responsibility for decisions in pregnancy and labour feel happier after the event , even when their plans did n't work out as they had expected them to . |
| 12 | He did n't look up as we crossed the room , his head bent and the pen moving swiftly across pages held in a clipboard . |
| 13 | Josie was laying out makeup brushes on the table , and did n't look up as Lucy stepped inside and half-closed the door behind her . |
| 14 | She did n't look up as Quiss — panting heavily — appeared at the top of the stairs and made his way down the length of the dimly lit room . |
| 15 | It wo n't look quite as the florist intended , but you will have a lasting reminder of the lovely gift once the flowers have been pressed . |
| 16 | Erm it does n't look really as though out of , certainly out of this six that we 're going to get three . |
| 17 | Well , that does n't sound again as though it should be in the D P . |
| 18 | Er but you get the feeling that if he does n't score then as I said nobody else can . |
| 19 | Yeah , or somebody 's changed and cos they say to be or not to be does n't fit in as well where it is and it should of been |
| 20 | You tell us and we 'll tell Nottinghamshire for free so that 's What 's On B B C Radio Nottingham Box two two two in Nottingham Nottingham N G one three H Z to write to and do n't forget tonight as well er if you want to come out and see us we 're doing Drinking Partners our pub quiz er we 're in the Star Inn on Middle Street in Beeston and the evening there starts at eight o'clock . |
| 21 | It wo n't recalculate automatically as you enter new data . |
| 22 | So I 'm always reaching down to people , and I do n't mean down as being inferior , reaching out to people is a better phrase , and I , I never give up about people wanting to partake . |
| 23 | The usual 'flu stiffness and aching in the muscles did n't go away as it should have done , so Father sent for Dr Allott , our family physician , a patient , gentle old man who always arrived in an Essex sedan and — more important to us — always carried a pocketful of toffees to give away to children . |
| 24 | Things could n't go on as they were without something happening , and she had intuitively known that when it did her life would be forever changed . |
| 25 | And where a boot is where only the booty bit comes out the , the , the glass window does n't come up as well . |
| 26 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 27 | You will feel the cold even more when you ca n't get about as you do now , and you will be even more bored and lonely . |
| 28 | This is something I was trying to get clarified but I do n't care really as long as somebody gets it . |
| 29 | Do n't pull away as chunks of you may detach themselves . |
| 30 | I can honestly say I ca n't remember a show I definitely did n't like doing , although I might have been in some that did n't turn out as I though they would . ’ |