Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ex-Wives returns to the comic vein of some of her earlier writing : ‘ I wanted to entertain myself , I lay on the floor on my stomach , scribbling away and laughing — well , if I ca n't laugh at my own jokes , who else can ? ’ |
| 2 | Somebody must be doing his mending for him , as she was doing Willis 's , and the idea gave her a stab of pain which she could n't relate to her other feelings . |
| 3 | I ca n't relate to their starting point and assumptions about my oppression . |
| 4 | Er for , for people who are going to group and and , for any young people who are going observers there are special arrangements to be made which does n't relate to our official represented district , I 'm sorry about that ! |
| 5 | Problems arise if the fry stray from the parents and do n't graze from their sides for food . |
| 6 | Rifkin has been at the forefront of the struggle to make biotechnology accountable to the public since 1977 , when he invaded the stage at a conference of the National Academy of Sciences , brandishing a banner reading ‘ Do n't tread on my genes . ’ |
| 7 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
| 8 | Do n't rush for your dictionary , even Chambers ' 20th Century does n't contain them all , so I will briefly explain them here . |
| 9 | But I do n't quarrel with your version . |
| 10 | But by then I might have children and all I would be saying was ‘ Sit still ’ , or ‘ Do n't eat with your fingers ’ , or ‘ Eat up all your peas . ’ |
| 11 | Mrs Monro had just admonished Syl , ‘ Do n't eat with your fingers ’ , because he had picked a roast potato straight from the vegetable dish and put it in his mouth . |
| 12 | I do n't eat like my guests all the time . |
| 13 | and then pick her mother up cos she lives in Creep as well , she ca n't stay at her mother 's house cos she 's just |
| 14 | I 've fell over again — I just ca n't stay on my feet . |
| 15 | She believes she ca n't stay in the refuge because her husband knows where it is — they live nearby — and she ca n't stay with her relatives because he 's threatened them , too . |
| 16 | But he admitted : ‘ I could n't stay with his pace and I had to get away and look after myself . ’ |
| 17 | Except for that last year , when the blurred skelter of images would n't stay in their frames and played about with a kaleidoscopic frenzy . |
| 18 | Systemics did n't exist in my nursery days , and we had to use contact pesticides . |
| 19 | He was lefthanded and so the disability was a severe blow but he used to say : ‘ You do n't paint with your hands , you paint with your heart and mind ’ , and he proved that , did n't he ? ’ |
| 20 | It did n't compare to his effort , but it had a certain naïve charm . |
| 21 | I ca n't comment on her personal life , of course . ’ |
| 22 | Unlike many other actors he does n't comment on his performance in front of the camera . |
| 23 | It does n't resound to your credit , does it ? |
| 24 | Wayne , in her mother 's view , was more than just an ordinary valley kid ; he was a walking symbol of everything that she did n't want for her daughter . |
| 25 | A lot of people do things when they are 18 that they would n't want on their career resume . |
| 26 | They ca n't deliver to their customers on time . |
| 27 | Fortunately Rosie and Francisco went out after breakfasting , and , thinking Shelley was still asleep , they did n't knock on her door . |
| 28 | And I had n't been out of bath long I says do n't knock on my bastard door again I said , I 'll wring your neck . |
| 29 | You know her , I ca n't think of her name . |
| 30 | kept the children in bed , told them not to move and the boy , the gi erm , what 's her name , I ca n't think of her name now , she erm , she woke her , her husband chased them both downstairs , tell you where they live , you know Lawrence Hill ? |