Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] a word [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I do n't want a word with him . |
| 2 | They are quite certain I do n't know a word of Greek but even so they 're still very cautious . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's the good of your endless French lessons when you ca n't speak a word of the language at the end of them ? ’ |
| 4 | He wanted so badly to ask Swan this question , but he could n't speak a word of bird-language . |
| 5 | Not bad for a little girl of 4 who , just over a year ago , could n't speak a word of English ( could barely speak , indeed , a word of anything ) . |
| 6 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 7 | See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi . |
| 8 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
| 9 | He does n't speak a word of English though , everything you say to him , he just goes love it . |
| 10 | He told me , ‘ You do n't speak a word to anybody else , and when I 've hit that ball , we 're on our way . ’ |
| 11 | When Dad returned he did n't speak a word to either of us . |
| 12 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |
| 13 | Read the paper and could n't remember a word of it . |
| 14 | You wo n't mind a word of advice ? |
| 15 | Under the watchful eye of the provodnitsy — the female ticket-collectors , tea dispensers and mother hens — you feel less a stranger on a train and more a member of an extended family , sharing food , drink and gossip — even if you ca n't understand a word of Russian . |
| 16 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 17 | He could n't understand a word of it . |
| 18 | But lets just notice two or three things in this particular interview , the first thing that we see and its so obvious is that the way of salvation is so wondrously simple , it could n't be easier , you know there are so many people who think it is hard to get saved , who think it is hard to come to Christ and to become a Christian , well the problem is you see the devil has blinded their eyes , they 've blinded the eyes of men and women , so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what is actually happened , Paul tells us in , in , in Carinthians in the first er , in to Carinthians in chapter four and verse four , he says the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of god , and there is this shroud , this covering , but the thing is god takes that away so that we can see and so its not difficult to become a Christian , it is not hard to get saved , sometimes as Christians we are guilty of making it difficult for people to become Christians , we put all sorts of rules in , we , we make them undergo various periods of er , of probation before we wer we 've were , were willing to call them Christians , remember the Philippine jailer he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was er in jail there with Silus the , the be , the tremendous earthquake and they were released all their vetoers was , were broken and the prisoners were all , could of escaped and the ja , the Philippine jailer he cries out a question that I 'm sure he does n't even know what he means when he calls it out , he 's not thinking of heaven , he 's not thinking of the future life , he 's not thinking of having his sins dealt with but he just cries out what must I do to be saved and the apostle Paul and he gets , opens the scrolls and he starts in genesis and he explains the plan of salvation and he tells him what he 's got to do and he explains all the requirements and then about three or four hours later the mans mind is completely blurred he does n't understand a word of it , its gone way beyond him |
| 19 | Fortunately Nicole did n't understand a word of her answer , though , from the thunderous frown that crossed Piers 's face , she would have been stupid not to have realised that Alyssia was being facetious . |
| 20 | I think I 'll erm , I 'll give you three marks for it , but I 'll give you the opportunity for three bonus marks now , because here am I , Mrs. Public , and I did n't understand a word of that . |
| 21 | And the apostle Paul he gets open the scrolls and he starts in Genesis and he explains the plan of salvation , and he tells him what he 's got ta do , and he explains all the requirements , and about three or four hours later the man 's mind is completely blurred , he does n't understand a word of it , it 's gone way beyond him , course Paul does n't do that , he shoots back the answer straight away , believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved . |
| 22 | It 's very easy , we all use jargon , we use jargon in the newsroom , if you ever heard a conversation at Radio Cambridgeshire you would n't understand a word of it . |
| 23 | There must be many who are touched to the heart by that phrase ‘ earthly father ’ and yet who do n't believe a word of the novel 's religion ; just as , and more obviously , Raskolnikov 's kissing the dirt in the middle of the Haymarket does n't stand or fall by Dostoevsky 's Soil Philosophy . |
| 24 | I do n't believe a word of it . ’ |
| 25 | She did n't believe a word of them , of course . |
| 26 | Howard does n't believe a word of this crap . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't believe a word of it . |
| 28 | I 'm quite sure she did n't believe a word of this , but in Oxford it is considered good manners to take an adversarial position so as to generate an interesting conversation and allow both parties to display their intelligence , knowledge and eloquence . |
| 29 | I do n't believe a word of this . |
| 30 | I was just going to say I did n't believe a word of it but … . |