Example sentences of "my [noun] [vb -s] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weight of gear hanging form my harness does n't bother me , because all my worries have fallen away to spend the day sulking at the foot of the crag . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid my cooking does n't extend to much more than scrambled eggs or sardines on toast , ’ said Julia , feeling thoroughly useless . |
| 3 | I 'm afraid my budget does n't stretch to such luxuries . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My mum does n't love me , ’ wailed Chico . |
| 5 | I 'll speak to my mum cos my mum does n't want me bloody stripping |
| 6 | My mum does n't have a clue where he is and says she does n't think she can divorce him because of this for all we know he could be dead . |
| 7 | My mum does n't have a clue where he is and says she does n't think she can divorce him because of this for all we know he could be dead . |
| 8 | My mum does n't like me taking money to school , in quantities |
| 9 | Being my step-sister does n't give you a God-given right to know all my business . ’ |
| 10 | My shorthand does n't have the right symbols somehow . |
| 11 | I 'm afraid my mind does n't move very fast , not as fast as some people 's . " |
| 12 | ‘ My club does n't need gimmicks . |
| 13 | And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’ |
| 14 | Four months ago distraught Julie Shaw left little Daniel with a note saying : ‘ My mummy does n't love me . ’ |
| 15 | and he said well my mummy does n't love me |
| 16 | My mummy does n't like that . |
| 17 | My pen does n't work . |
| 18 | Manager Mike Walker said : ‘ My team does n't surprise me , just other people . |
| 19 | Unless she 's been fiddling the books — and my accountant does n't think so — the profits your Miss Philimore has been turning in seem on the low side for a site like that . |
| 20 | My body does n't count any more . |
| 21 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a pause , ‘ I 'll marry you six years from now if we 're both alive and if my husband does n't return . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , I only have one er , I would like two , but my husband does n't want another one , but |
| 23 | ‘ My husband does n't think like that , ’ the unattractive woman was saying . |
| 24 | My husband does n't feel ashamed to be seen sweeping with a broom or carrying the child and in El Salvador , those are new attitudes . |
| 25 | ‘ My husband does n't do any housework or cooking but he is marvellous with the children , ’ says Larissa . |
| 26 | ‘ My husband does n't know I 'm here . ’ |
| 27 | He 's tall , blonde and handsome : the only ‘ other man ’ with whom my husband does n't mind me spending a weekend . |
| 28 | Unfortunately my husband does n't like me reading light novels ’ — Princess Diana , on seeing a Danielle Steele novel in a hospital . |
| 29 | Sometimes we both do in the evening but my husband does n't like being cold and puts the heating back on ’ ( Graham , 1985 , p. 246 ) . |
| 30 | I always say it 's harder , but my husband does n't say that at all . |