Example sentences of "[adj] 's [adv] i [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I had n't taken anything with me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Miss Hardbroom , I was the frog in the potion laboratory , the one you found in the corridor , and the potion I took is only just wearing off , that 's why I have n't any feet at the moment . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps that 's why I have n't heard from Richard today . ’ |
| 4 | Well I wa I was n't sure whether to , whether it would go through in time for the case and that 's why I have n't |
| 5 | But because they 're essentially a sort of er a noisy and spectacle spectacle thing , erm that 's why I have n't done anything with regard |
| 6 | Maybe that 's why I have n't had it back yet . |
| 7 | Well I wa I was n't sure whether to whether it would come through in time for the case That 's why I did n't |
| 8 | So that 's why I did n't take it . |
| 9 | That 's why I did n't speak to you on Tuesday night . |
| 10 | That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own . |
| 11 | That 's why I did n't ring the bell . ’ |
| 12 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 13 | And er that 's why I did n't cancel appointment with you |
| 14 | Well I think he would have enjoyed it too much to be quite honest with you that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 15 | I ai n't got a pen that 's why I did n't fill it in . |
| 16 | two pints , two pints of beer before lunch mind you times were hard , that 's why I did n't bother having any thing , I always went home weekends and got stocked up and every thing , every other one we got boarders in |
| 17 | I know , that 's why I did n't ask you |
| 18 | That 's why I did n't say anything before you tried it but your dad said he did n't like it . |
| 19 | Yeah well that 's why I did n't go before . |
| 20 | He 's certainly alert , that 's why I did n't want to ring the bell , |
| 21 | Cos it , come out with , I did n't , it 's a , it 's not the fat , that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 22 | That 's why I did n't erm notice . |
| 23 | Yes well that 's why I did n't ask because I assumed |
| 24 | Mm , tha , that 's why I did n't say like |
| 25 | I ca n't really handle rum , that 's why I did n't drink any last night . |
| 26 | That 's why I do n't go out that much ’ |
| 27 | She teaches us to respect our health ; that 's why I do n't starve myself . |
| 28 | That 's why I do n't bother voting . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think you will , Miss Honey , because I have to use your first name to make things rhyme and that 's why I do n't want to say it . ’ |
| 30 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |