Example sentences of "n't [verb] [coord] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Right we 've got to keep that , I 'll give you what I do n't want and you can put it in the bin
2 I did n't think But I would imagine so .
3 Well I do n't think and nobody will turn this you know this he nobody would , he 'd put his mind to something and there is nobody on earth that could turn him .
4 He did n't answer and I should have walked away then and there .
5 We ca n't win but we must keep trying .
6 When they had sort it out they just did n't know but they would go you know prancing around saying to one another saying then .
7 It was n't bad , it was — well , I know something you do n't know but you 'll find out .
8 There is no shame in saying , ‘ I do n't know but I 'll try to find out ’ , provided that you do ‘ try and find out ’ and report back .
9 Now I do n't know but I would imagine that Lord and Lady Fairburn should be drummed out of Parliament , well he should .
10 Do n't know but I can remember what happens with the alkali and the acid , you get calcium chloride , er it 's the same .
11 How deliberately he used the wrong names I do n't know but he would announce that he was about to demonstrate the " Leg push " .
12 When I said she was n't here , he asked where she was and I said Maidstone and he said she 'd moved and I said then I did n't know but he could leave the flowers here for Frank but he would n't .
13 I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me .
14 Accommodation and meals are n't included but you 'll get tea , coffee and humour in abundance .
15 On boilers with piezoelectric ignition , simply push the ignition button ; if it wo n't work but you can light the flame by hand , the ignition device is faulty , and again needs replacing .
16 Do n't try to follow both sets of shaping at the same time because it wo n't work and you will find yourself becoming totally confused .
17 I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ?
18 I have a sketchy lifestyle because I ca n't work and I must make a living the best way I can
19 I I do n't remember but he must have been .
20 She did n't mind but it would put more pressure on her schedule .
21 Right well I 'll start today if you do n't mind and we 'll go round in the normal way erm when we come to Pat .
22 I do n't like it-but I can lump it !
23 People wo n't understand and they 'll begin to worry and get afraid .
24 ‘ Just ask Miss Broome anything you do n't understand and she 'll explain it .
25 But sometimes if we 've got the wrong fuse in it wo n't blow and it will continue to feed the electric current through to the heater or whatever piece of electrical apparatus it is , until such times as we have a fire situation .
26 He sat down beside Agnes , who said : ‘ Do n't wriggle or you 'll collapse a hundred years of military history . ’
27 It was a good thing she had n't known or she would have been self-conscious .
28 His mother , he knew , would never have expected him to walk those yards alone had she known that he suffered such atavistic panic , but she had n't known and he would have died before telling her .
29 To minimise turbulence , which the plants do n't appreciate and which can oxidise nutrients , I do n't use air pumps , nor introduce air through the powerhead .
30 Again there 's a lot of other evidence that Freud does n't mention and he could have done like the Ark .
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