Example sentences of "n't do " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are tales , moreover , which do n't do all that much to summon the nostalgic reader . |
| 2 | Reading around for background to Shakespeare is valuable , and you ca n't do better than begin with the Harley Granville Barker 's Prefaces to Shakespeare , which analyse the plays from both a scholarly and dramatic angle , without being ponderously academic . |
| 3 | Perhaps radio will allow me to play all the unsuitable roles that I ca n't do visually in the theatre , where it 's just the voice and the character . |
| 4 | He gives an example about lifting a heavy weight and doing a multiplication sum at the same time and says you ca n't do it . |
| 5 | Well , I was one of the people who could n't do it even if I was n't lifting a heavy weight . |
| 6 | You did n't do that exercise in drama school ? |
| 7 | But I had very little idea of anything at the time and I did n't do very much acting . |
| 8 | I always figured people became chefs when they could n't do anything else . |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't do that there here , I 'm afraid , ’ said Bramble affably . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't do that . ’ |
| 11 | It would n't do Bunty any good . ’ |
| 12 | It did n't do her any good at all . |
| 13 | For one thing , the criticism could easily rebound on the people who run these places , when in most cases they know how bad things are themselves but they ca n't do much about it . |
| 14 | I ca n't do a thing with my carrots |
| 15 | For adults , catching German Measles Rubella wo n't do you much harm . |
| 16 | I knew I could n't do it alone , ’ Lucy said . |
| 17 | And just selfish enough to demand that momma bird flies back to the bloody nest — surely to God not tonight , you ca n't do this to me , Lucy , I 'm going to crack with all this nothing . |
| 18 | ‘ This wo n't do , ’ she said to Jay suddenly . |
| 19 | You do n't do things twice ? |
| 20 | ‘ You ca n't do now . |
| 21 | A few weeks back here in the World wo n't do my career serious harm . |
| 22 | Well , I just wo n't do it . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't do it if she was n't committed ’ explains Slater . |
| 24 | Sadly , so many dogs seem to end up in classes run by loud , aggressive people , where they are yanked cruelly on choke chains and punished physically if they do n't do as they 're told . |
| 25 | ‘ You learn what they can and ca n't do and that experience becomes useful as you go on . |
| 26 | I was a stocky baby with good bone , but perhaps my ears were on the large side — but then so were Clark Gable 's and he did n't do so bad . |
| 27 | But , as Porfiry tells him , ‘ You ca n't do without us ' . |
| 28 | This of course wo n't do . |
| 29 | We ca n't do anything we want within the group . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't see why the ordinary housewife should n't do it . ’ |