Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to be downright rude . ’ |
| 2 | Do n't want to be bloody stuck up there with he do you ? |
| 3 | Er , because clearly there are some points you would n't want to be too specific about . |
| 4 | We did n't want to be too specific at the moment . |
| 5 | It 's run by a private charity and they do n't normally accept referrals from outsiders but they did n't want to be too dogmatic about that . ’ |
| 6 | J.B. I do n't want to be too obvious about feminism . |
| 7 | So , you know , I , I do n't want to be too jolly , because er , er that , that , that 's er , as bad as being morbid , is n't it and miserable , but I try and strike er , a happy balance . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I do n't want to be that extreme , though all the causes they stand behind I almost always agree with . |
| 9 | Cos she does n't want to be like depressing , she said er no she does n't feel like that because she 's already gone through the worst so she wo n't , yeah she wants to help people who 've got it . |
| 10 | Look I do n't want to be so famous that I have to write autographs all over the place , and ca n't travel by bus in case I 'm mobbed . |
| 11 | No when I lost it I th I do n't want to be this thin I want to put it on again . |
| 12 | I did n't want to be totally dependent on any one source of income or any one group . |
| 13 | There were not many of us in the group to begin with , and so the issue of having two separate groups for lesbians and gay men was n't considered to be organizationally viable . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't need to be physically strong — if you use all the equipment properly , it 's quite easy . |
| 15 | But whoever killed him did n't need to be especially fit with a weapon like that in their hand . ’ |
| 16 | It 's tempting to consider bottle-feeding instead , as babies take longer to digest formula milk , so feeds do n't need to be so frequent . |
| 17 | In this supporting role your Orc units do n't need to be so large and there is less need to provide standards or characters . |
| 18 | The ground does n't need to be perfectly smooth like a putting surface for a well-hit putt from off the edge of the green to finish very successfully . |
| 19 | You do n't need to be very near bat , do you ? |
| 20 | These men do n't need to be very tough to put the fear of Sigmar into your foe — he wo n't know how hard they are until he faces them . |
| 21 | You wo n't need to be too mobile just yet . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't need to be more famous , ’ he said last week after returning to a charmingly comfortable home converted from farm buildings some 15 miles to the north-west of Newcastle . |
| 23 | He did n't need to be more explicit . |
| 24 | Used when one of the branch pipes ( to a central heating radiator , for example ) does n't need to be as large as the main pipe . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose we ca n't expect to be as spry as we were twenty years ago . ’ |
| 26 | The Icicle Works do n't appear to be particularly active at the present moment and Ian McNabb was recently to be spotted playing a solo gig at Camden 's Underground Club . |
| 27 | He gave her a salute , but did n't appear to be too chastened . |
| 28 | It does n't do to be too literary . |
| 29 | ‘ I really would n't like to be more specific . |
| 30 | Now , obviously , you know , yo getting the menopause out into the open so that everyone can talk about it , exchange information that that it 's not seen as a as a taboo or something to be particularly fearful of by men or women is n't going to be much good if it just makes everybody worry for er , for for the first half of o o o of their lives and , and then gibber through the second half ! |