Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The novel with two endings does n't reproduce this reality : it merely takes us down two diverging paths .
2 I could n't spare any time at all .
3 You sense that , at 46 , even the demands of a new baby would n't slow this lady down .
4 So we do n't experience that difficulty but otherwise it 's very serious .
5 You ca n't explain that sort of thing to people , though .
6 He do n't rush that way .
7 He did n't eat much food but he drank more rum than usual .
8 But I wo n't eat that shit .
9 Oh and I ca n't eat that bread and butter now .
10 I should n't eat that kind of food ; yet other people can .
11 It 's a good job I do n't eat that sort of thing any more .
12 you know it 's either salted popcorn or the sweet popcorn , I could n't eat that amount of salt , it is chock-a-block full up with popcorn
13 Cos I mean for someone like me , I was saying that like , before I used to say to you I would n't eat all day , right ?
14 ‘ Honestly , ’ they say , ‘ I could n't eat another morsel . ’
15 He could n't eat another mouthful .
16 It looks lovely , but I could n't eat another thing . ’
17 Eating your greens may not make your hair curl , but knowing what might happen to you if you do n't eat enough cabbage and other vegetables and fruit might make your hair stand on end .
18 Finish that bread , you do n't eat enough bread .
19 Inset left Sam on her tractor-mower : ‘ Three sheep do n't eat enough grass to keep six and a half acres looking tidy ’
20 You go to a seminar and say ‘ Listen , they do n't eat this kind of thing ! ’
21 I ca n't eat this meat !
22 Mum , I ca n't eat this bit this bit up there .
23 ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’
24 She said Alex said he would n't eat any breakfast this morning , he threw a tantrum
25 ‘ I could n't eat any lunch if you paid me , ’ he said .
26 oh dear , stop eating rubbish you wo n't , wo n't eat any dinner , oh that is disgusting ramming a whole slice of bread in whole
27 She could n't eat any supper .
28 The truism that ‘ niche markets do n't stay that way ’ makes for a restless search for new niches .
29 One correction to the DIY fixture list is that the away game at West Ham is on Wednesday 8th December ( not Tuesday 8th December which does n't exist this year ) .
30 One the first flush of passion is over , sex often seems to become infrequent , not because you do n't fancy each other , but because you do n't fancy each other at the same times .
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