Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brats do n't stay at home painting their kid 's nursery pale peach . |
| 2 | ‘ When the children are out at school I could n't stay at home all day , ’ she says . |
| 3 | My understanding is that A those do n't exist at present within the deposit plan , but if they did at some future date , for any reason , that their function would be to be used after two thousand and six to sustain the permanence of the greenbelt . |
| 4 | We did n't discuss it , and when he did n't appear at work the next day I thought he was just sulking . |
| 5 | These are things they do n't do at school today do they ? |
| 6 | ‘ Be that as it may , ’ she hurried on , ‘ I would n't feel at home here , beautiful though it is , ’ she admitted in strangled tones . |
| 7 | ‘ What you 're saying , then , is that you do n't feel at ease with me , because you do n't know me very well . ’ |
| 8 | You 're talking about all sorts of geography that I did n't study at school . |
| 9 | Diving to me has never seemed particularly energetic , and certainly one does n't swim at speed when sports diving . |
| 10 | ( If things do n't improve at home the need could be closer ! ) |
| 11 | he wo n't do it he wo n't work at home |
| 12 | Suppliers are currently working furiously to bring all manner of object-oriented and distributed computing software services , mechanisms and applications to market — targeted at these types of systems — which wo n't work at end user sites unless those users have properly functioning networks of integrated systems on which to run , says Dawes . |
| 13 | You know , I think it is now more a traditional family time , Christmas , and you know they do n't look at Hogmanay the same . |
| 14 | When I 'd finished , I did n't look at Mum and Dad , I just stared at the carpet . |
| 15 | We do n't look at telly . |
| 16 | He did n't look at Dot . |
| 17 | He rolled over and opened his eyes though he did n't look at Dot any more than she looked at him . |
| 18 | In fact , national memories of wartime boiled mutton are still so strong that most Germans ca n't look at sheepmeat , even prime lamb , without searching for a dog 's bowl to put it in . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't sleep at night because I 'm worried : both about getting behind with my work , and about bouncing cheques , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It 's maddening — like voices in a dream , I ca n't sleep at night , they taunt me ’ |
| 21 | I knew MPs who could n't sleep at night because they were going through lobbies voting against their consciences for the Gulf war — to kill 100,000 people — because they believed it would help a Labour victory . |
| 22 | I ca n't sleep at night for that baby crying , I ca n't breathe in the daytime for that stench of tallow coming out of their back door — and one of his customers brushed me into the dusty street the other day … |
| 23 | It 's not all fun — sometimes I ca n't sleep at night for worrying . ’ |
| 24 | Maybe someone will provide a 24-hour 0898 number which we can dial when we ca n't sleep at night for thinking about the copy of Milan Kundera 's Immortality lying untouched on the bedside table . |
| 25 | It th , I was depressed , I had swe sweats , night sweats and my husband was all , he could n't sleep at night and it changed it completely ! |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't sleep at night . |
| 27 | The reason Nicola 's GP had sent her to me was that the little girl would n't sleep at night , had tantrums and breath-holding attacks , and her mother wondered if she was allergic to something she was eating . |
| 28 | It 's , I ca n't sleep at night . |
| 29 | Now I do n't care what people say : at times I look at the child and I am so happy I ca n't sleep at night . |
| 30 | She do n't sleep at night . |