Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may be right but do n't let's get hooked on one idea . |
| 2 | If you have a young family a sandpit can be popular but do n't site it at the bottom of the garden out of sight . |
| 3 | Well she does n't like M C Hammer , he was on , and then there was one week with Germans on it and it was , erm , it 's a German group that used to be popular and have n't done a song for ages . |
| 4 | We are trying to be economical and do n't want to waste postage for those who no longer want to support the scheme , so please get in touch with either Helen ( 632 8214 ) or Theresa ( 638 5882 ) . |
| 5 | As I told you , I did n't particularly take in her plans for the weekend , you know how one does n't , one just asks to be civil and does n't listen properly to the answer . ’ |
| 6 | Do n't ever rely on anybody coming to your aid ; you may be lucky but do n't count on it . |
| 7 | The Horde have been , are and can be inspirational but do n't always hit the target here . |
| 8 | wear out and me throw it away than it still be good and do n't know what to do with it , you know , you 're thinking |
| 9 | ‘ All you have to do is be black and do n't curse the Jews directly , and the Jew will vote for the black in a second . |
| 10 | Yeah , I was thinking about that but it 's got ta be vegetarian and have n't got the meat . |
| 11 | Well what I know the answer is is to say do n't worry be concerned but do n't worry because worrying does n't do you no good , it does n't do the condition no good and it does n't do everybody else any good either because they just say oh she 's you know what she is , depressed by whatever it is and that 's , as it were , objectively logical but wh wh what seems to me to be the absolutely overwhelming is to say he 's not worried , he 's desperately concerned , he 's more concerned than humans can possibly be but if god is n't worried , what on earth are we burning up our resources worrying about because if he 's not worried concerned yes , but he 's not worried . |
| 12 | One guy said : ‘ Disappear for a while , be difficult and do n't be so available . ’ |
| 13 | But these tend to be expensive and do n't taste too good . |