Example sentences of "[pos pn] mother [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 10-year-old asks for shoes : ‘ Right now my mother does n't work . ’ |
| 2 | My mother does n't cook very much food , and if I were to cook my own she would see that as greed and put a stop to it . |
| 3 | My mother does n't work outside the home . |
| 4 | " My mother does n't like me either . " |
| 5 | My mother does n't worry about me , because I 'm happier now . |
| 6 | My mother does n't like it so much — she likes Soweto better . |
| 7 | I did so wish that my mother had n't said that . |
| 8 | My mother had n't mentioned the matter of invitations for some days . |
| 9 | Marie Claire had married an Egyptian but since he was rich and cultured my mother had n't minded and had continued with the friendship . |
| 10 | My mother had n't denied Lili 's assertion . |
| 11 | If only my mother had n't died . |
| 12 | And my mother died not long before Christmas , and I thought I was doing fine . |
| 13 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 14 | My mother did n't need them and was far too pretty to wear them if she had needed them . |
| 15 | It 's funny my mother did n't mention it . ’ |
| 16 | My mother did n't go to the moon but she did come to my bedside . |
| 17 | We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make . |
| 18 | Heavy wrought-iron black fireplaces were installed once more , to Ted 's irritation , as he 'd spent much of his working life tearing out fireplaces so women like my mother did n't have to get up early on freezing mornings to make up the fire on their knees . |
| 19 | My mother did n't like my seeing Rob , so it was n't easy for him to get in touch with me . |
| 20 | Basically , my mother did n't know how to show me and my two sisters love and she was immensely critical of us , telling us we were ugly and undermining our self-esteem . |
| 21 | Erm , a , my mother did n't speak to me about sex until I was pregnant ! |
| 22 | They were different from my other friends , and my mother did n't like them . |
| 23 | My mother did n't feel like being left all that time , so she took my two sisters and me to visit her school friend Beryl , who was married to the poet Robert Graves . |
| 24 | She got up and poured herself a glass of whisky without asking , and my mother did n't seem to mind . |
| 25 | I dared not say any more , but my mother did n't mention Nour . |
| 26 | I saw perfect truth in this , and even my mother did n't trouble to deny it . |
| 27 | I said nothing , but my mother did n't seem to notice . |
| 28 | My mother did n't need them and was far too pretty to wear them even if she had needed them . |
| 29 | When I l left school , my mother did n't have a maid in the house shortly after that . |
| 30 | This is the family home and my mother did n't want it left empty . |