Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Stuart began by telling a couple of jokes , which fell rather flat because he was so jumpy and I do n't think the jokes were much good in the first place . |
| 2 | well Lindsey , mind she smoking when she was twelve and drinking and she did n't like it she says because it made her head go all funny and she did n't know what was going on , what was happening . |
| 3 | She was wearing a tweed check suit in shades of lovat green and brown and she did n't want his sticky fingers on it — or worse . |
| 4 | I mean it is wrong and I do n't think people realize just how wrong it is until they really stop and think about it . |
| 5 | I do n't like seeing things going wrong and I do n't tend to say ‘ well done ’ to people when things have gone well . ’ |
| 6 | I mean it 's just you know that gone wrong and it does n't |
| 7 | Things can and do go wrong and you do n't want to pressurise yourself because you have to get the equipment back to the hire shop . |
| 8 | ‘ So you do n't do anything wrong and you have n't got any imagination either ? ’ |
| 9 | It 's 1,000 years old and I have n't been diving that long to make a find like that . |
| 10 | He was about six months old and I did n't know what was wrong with me . |
| 11 | But I did n't er I think his teaching days , he was getting rather old and he did n't control us as he should have been able to . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't got a hand free and I do n't know what it 's about … ’ |
| 13 | And then I do n't particularly want you to start yet but if you do get time or if you 're just interested and you do n't want to stop and you want to keep going try it with sixty . |
| 14 | He told the court he did n't believe the accused 's story , Kim was shy and self-conscious and he did n't believe she would have brought Shukir back to the flat . |
| 15 | Through the Second Son I asked as many questions as I thought sensible and it did n't sound like any malaria I had ever heard of . |
| 16 | I now wear Drizabone which works , but my feet get wet and I do n't like wearing wellies . |
| 17 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 18 | the same as still er raw and it did n't dawn on me , but then , oh I says it 's got ta be , I said it 's got ta be the |
| 19 | So anyone who 's putting up a lot of their own money is untrustworthy and there should be limitation on how much people can stand , erm Mill actually goes into some figures at this point and rather quaintly says erm either fifty pounds or a hundred pounds ought to be adequate and I do n't know what that translates to now . |
| 20 | Leary said : ‘ My French is only adequate and he does n't speak English but we managed a conversation about the things that matter to us . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 22 | He said , like coming to this well for your jug of water every day it 's alright while i , the jug , there 's some in the jug , but when you 've drunk it all the jug 's empty and it does n't do a thing for you ! |
| 23 | People are different and they do n't want to be treated the same . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , she still writes to me , ’ Harry answered Cora-Beth 's question , ‘ but the way I feel about you is different and I do n't think I can explain . |
| 25 | Stok 's face had gone rigid and he did n't look like himself , just as those mathematically accurate waxworks never look like the people they portray . |
| 26 | ‘ Our little friend is still listening and we do n't know and have no means of knowing how sensitive its hearing is . |
| 27 | They were ill because their clothes were not warm and they did n't have much food . |
| 28 | It was warm and he did n't feel lonely when she was there . |
| 29 | If it 's anything that 's really personal and you do n't want it taping you can erase it and you get a twenty five pound voucher next Friday . |
| 30 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |