Example sentences of "n't [subord] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad thinks we ca n't cos we need the television . |
| 2 | ‘ It was n't until we noticed the absence of female customers , the dim red lights , and the photos of naked women on the walls that we realised why the ‘ barmaids ’ were laughing at us . ’ |
| 3 | We called ourselves proudly the extremists , the vanguard , but it was n't until we read the American CLIT papers in 1973 that we knew we had a name other than men-haters . |
| 4 | It was n't until they reached the walls of Assisi that she spoke again . |
| 5 | But it was n't until I read the piece in the paper last week that I decided to have another try . ’ |
| 6 | And it was n't until I phoned the co-ordinators that he was able to tell me that , oh yes , yes , that was months ago he said |
| 7 | ‘ It was n't until he produced the ring that I took him seriously . ’ |
| 8 | It was pitch black under the overhanging branches and it was n't until he reached the gate of Dobbs ' field that he was able , at last , to distinguish the shapes of the trees , and Dobbs and the wall by the churchyard . |
| 9 | I mean you ca n't if you overload the kids |
| 10 | Cos I was Mary wanted to go and see Si Simply Red at G MEX , and last weekend we co or weekend before last when they were on , their big , er we could n't because I had the kids Friday night and the two of them Saturday night and it , that was the two nights . |
| 11 | Do n't when they took the washing machine out and left Julie . |
| 12 | Well it 's a long way , no it is n't when you come the you go you can go from here up |
| 13 | It was n't as he pretended the desire |