Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't fancy him at first , not particularly . |
| 2 | why the night before , did , was I told oh you 'll need an amplifier and she 's going to bring in one from her home , her own one in tomorrow morning , I thought I did n't spring it in last week , anything and then that day when I discovered it still was n't working I just could n't believe it |
| 3 | ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns . |
| 4 | ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ? |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't recognise her at first , ’ Lily told her . |
| 6 | Then he looked more closely , and exclaimed : ‘ Ruth — I did n't recognise you at first ! ’ |
| 7 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 8 | ‘ We ca n't do it until next March , when we 'll have five years ’ trading figures to show , ’ Adam said . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't feel anything at first . |
| 10 | Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location . |
| 11 | It 'd be nice to see Stubby again , have n't seen him since last year 's Club dinner . ’ |
| 12 | My advice is do n't choose one without first looking at the other , it 's that close . |
| 13 | er I mean I know it 's a bit messy at the moment , I ai n't washed it since last time you see ! |
| 14 | it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth . |
| 15 | He did n't like me at first . |
| 16 | It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze . |
| 17 | You we you did n't like it at first ? |
| 18 | I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now . |
| 19 | I did n't believe him at first . |
| 20 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 21 | I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful . |
| 22 | I did n't believe it at first . |
| 23 | I could n't believe it at first . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 25 | Ah did n't see him at first . |
| 26 | One moment she 's kissing me , and the next she 's telling me she ca n't see me till next week . |
| 27 | I did n't see her at first . |
| 28 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 29 | Oh he said , I wo n't see you till next Mon Monday I said now it 's Tuesday is n't it . |
| 30 | I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved . |