Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No no I do n't think ever I can remember . |
| 2 | I do n't think though we should give the impression that most of the behaviour we 're calling sexual harassment takes the form of behaviour that |
| 3 | Well I 've heard of a tip whether it works or not I do n't know so we 'll try it and see that 's all |
| 4 | If you do n't know now you could find out . ’ |
| 5 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 6 | If I did n't know better I 'd think there was a man on the horizon . ’ |
| 7 | If I did n't know better I 'd think he was trying to be as diplomatic possible in order to keep himself in line for the England job . |
| 8 | Well if Dan had n't rung then I 'd have been extremely fed up . |
| 9 | And he said well my father is doing today I ca n't do today I 'll do it Friday and I shouted down the stairs but he owes you a day you should n't be going in . |
| 10 | If you do n't do better I 'll count three , you go to bed . |
| 11 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 12 | And if she came up and thought I had n't washed properly she would push my head under the water and hold it there . |
| 13 | If talking to her on the phone does n't work then I 'll have to reconsider my position . ’ |
| 14 | As long as he did n't look away nothing would happen , please god . |
| 15 | But like it 's different if you 've got a really bad cold and sometimes you have to , you ca n't like sometimes you can hide it but I do n't go in front of someone I always do it discreetly . |
| 16 | If those men was n't going there I would say right , put the gas fire on . |
| 17 | Preston did n't see any he could put in either category , not at first . |
| 18 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 19 | If you ca n't exercise then you will lose all your ability to be a healthy person . |
| 20 | If the woman did n't move soon she would have to invent an excuse . |
| 21 | I ca n't move so it 'll have |
| 22 | she said do you wan na come in and look at the kitchen now and I said no I wo n't stop now I 'll work |
| 23 | Mum was n't coming so she 'd come and fetch me . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's always a self-imposed pressure , especially when you 're starting out — ‘ Shit , I 've got to come through big-time on this ’ — but you just have to let it happen ; if it does n't happen today it 'll happen tomorrow . |
| 25 | If I had n't known otherwise I would have said that he meant every word of it . |
| 26 | He had not budged , and if she had n't known better she would have said that he was jealous , but , of course , the idea was ridiculous . |
| 27 | If she had n't known better she 'd have thought he 'd been drinking . |
| 28 | So you do n't actually mention that if you do n't leave now you 'll miss the first act of the play , and he 'll be furious . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
| 30 | but when I ca n't walk well I shall call in the doctor . |