Example sentences of "do n't [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's in it for the businesses is this : at the moment they can see Eastern Europe as an emerging market , but it 's very difficult to get in there because the hard cash and the skills that they need do n't exist in those countries , but they want to do something , they want to demonstrate their interest , they want to make contact , and what Enterprise Europe gives them is the opportunity to make a good business contact amongst one the young generation of er of business leaders in those countries er in order , and keep those contacts in order that when they do have an opportunity to go into those markets they 've got some young people there to start off with . |
| 2 | Nice people did n't think about such things , which was why child-abuse and wife-beating went frequently unremarked . |
| 3 | Men did n't think about such things . |
| 4 | Well I I I mean there i thinking back , I did n't think at that stage , I hope I 'm right about this , th that I had any idea that Geoffrey Howe was going to resign . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 6 | They did n't speak to each other , or to her . |
| 7 | Immobile , barely breathing , Maria did n't speak for several seconds . |
| 8 | He did n't speak for ten minutes when his wife said she was expecting . |
| 9 | Once again Buzz noticed that Adam did n't speak like other people : he always gave himself an out . |
| 10 | But it did n't hurt till this morning . |
| 11 | After the game we were held for exactly one hour , then herded onto to a train which did n't move for 40 minutes . |
| 12 | In my early years I did n't differentiate between one kind of science and another . |
| 13 | They called the shots while we were still tiny , and they did n't spring into crushed velvet bell-bottoms in 1966 , just because it was a happening thing to do . |
| 14 | I did notice , however , that some of the wild plants and flowers that seemed to do well on my pastures did n't grow in other people 's fields . |
| 15 | If he did n't answer after three rings , she would put it down . |
| 16 | The telephone did n't function for two days ; the mattress was uncomfortable , and the hot water was prone to run out . |
| 17 | People who were able to make their own fun , did n't rely on store-bought fun . |
| 18 | Bangor had to abandon caution to rescue the match but they did n't reckon on another Eachus blunder putting it beyond their reach . |
| 19 | Bangor had to abandon caution to rescue the match but they did n't reckon on another Eachus blunder putting it beyond their reach . |
| 20 | Jones , 20 , suffered sickness and diarrhoea and did n't eat for five days . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't step outside that basement workshop for two months . |
| 22 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 23 | If it gave Eva pause for thought it certainly did n't show in any relaxation of the pace she set herself . |
| 24 | We did n't feel brave at all it was just , we lived there and we did n't feel under any kind of threat . |
| 25 | She says she did n't feel under any obligation to ask his permission . |
| 26 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 27 | There were very few major countries I did n't visit during that time and travel was nothing like as easy as it is now . |
| 28 | It was a terrible job , standing there for eight and a half hours — because you did n't finish after eight hours . |
| 29 | If you did n't finish until ten minutes before , there was no way you could change and have a bath . |
| 30 | I did n't stay at that school long before I moved down to erm the er Tins School on Chandler Street . |