Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 2 | However , when the sexual behaviour of thousands of gay men has been studied over a number of years , sucking has n't shown up as a risk . |
| 3 | This has n't shown up as a past need ’ . |
| 4 | It has n't come out of a first aid . |
| 5 | However , even with the tens of millions of personal computers and workstations in use around the world , networking and network usage still has n't taken off in a big way , the report says , because two things are needed : multi-tasking operating systems and the means to develop client-server applications . |
| 6 | However , even with the tens of millions of personal computers and workstations in use around the world , networking and network usage still has n't taken off in a big way , the report says , because two things are needed : multi-tasking operating systems and the means to develop client/server applications . |
| 7 | If the message did n't sink in on a Sunday a range of weeknight meetings reinforced it . |
| 8 | Slowly she discovered tricks of the trade such as weighting her hems so that they did n't blow up in a breeze and she gradually acquired a coterie of designers , including Catherine Walker , David Sassoon and Victor Edelstein , whom she now relies upon . |
| 9 | The rest of her clothes were durable , and , what was more important , blended in with the rest of society so that she did n't stand out in a crowd . |
| 10 | ‘ If you did n't light up like a firework on festa night whenever I touch you , I could understand . ’ |
| 11 | She did n't feel up to a zealous dyke conversion . |
| 12 | The video shop did n't open up until a few minutes after ten . |
| 13 | The rose did n't give up without a struggle . |
| 14 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
| 15 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
| 16 | Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't come up with a theory immediately , though I had hunches which were difficult to put into words . |
| 18 | It did n't come back with a refusal and allow us to discuss alternative ways of achieving our objective . |
| 19 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 20 | he did n't really like it , but he had a lovely week , but at least we did n't come back to a house that 's full of |
| 21 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 22 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
| 23 | ‘ I had help getting in here , ’ Hari said quickly , ‘ I did n't get in through a bolted door on my own now , did I ? ’ |
| 24 | But you did n't get in till a quarter past . |
| 25 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 26 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
| 27 | Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them . |
| 28 | ‘ I work in sales and am sure none of my clients would take me seriously if I did n't turn up in a sharp suit . |
| 29 | The times of death seemed to span the whole day , but he could n't be sure the thirty-eight covered everybody who died that day because the numbers of each certificate did n't add up to a complete sequence . |
| 30 | It did n't hark back to a mythical , puritan past but went super-realistic instead . |