Example sentences of "you [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ye do n't want a beer ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yet you did not want a child in this marriage ? ’ |
| 3 | Wigg did not believe in the doctrine that you did not kick a man when he was down . |
| 4 | You did not give a name . ’ |
| 5 | No , you did not rear a coward ! ’ |
| 6 | You did not have a choice . |
| 7 | Indeed , I would not desire you if you did not have a mind and a spirit . |
| 8 | You did n't build a house without a garden . |
| 9 | Your feelings of jealousy are n't perverse — even though you did n't want a baby , you 'd probably imagined yourself being very pregnant or holding a baby . |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't feel a thing for me when you kissed me , did you ? |
| 11 | And I hope you did n't forget a rope . ’ |
| 12 | You must have known how bad I was feeling , but you did n't care a jot , ’ Lissa protested . |
| 13 | The one place where you did n't need a reason for being . |
| 14 | Ben could think of better ways of spending his free day — a round of golf — even doing the garden — but according to Louise , and he had to agree with her , you did n't ditch a friend because a friend ditched you . |
| 15 | ‘ You did n't see a cigarette butt laying in the street , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ You did n't take a look ? ’ |
| 17 | I bet you did n't buy a paper today either did you not ? |
| 18 | You did n't ask a question about my you accepted at face value the thing about health . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're lucky you did n't get a bottle smashed across your head , ’ she said . |
| 20 | So you did n't get a look in then ? |
| 21 | You did n't get a chance to speak earlier . |
| 22 | Oh he only brings a little bit , I brought loads last time , even though you did n't get a song played |
| 23 | ‘ You did n't get a permit for this , did you ? ’ |
| 24 | SORRY , folks , if you did n't get a copy of yesterday 's sensational Mirror . |
| 25 | . Erm but you 'd failed him , if you did n't get a distinction in School Certificate maths , or arithmetic . |
| 26 | Er you know you did n't sort of erm , you did n't mix a lot , you know really . |
| 27 | ‘ And when you did , you did n't say a word about what had happened in there to anybody ! ’ |
| 28 | Er as I remember it it was pretty rudimentary and er you did n't keep a costume or a suit for the job . |
| 29 | And do n't tell me you did n't keep a copy . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And of course you did n't know a thing about it , did you ? ’ |