Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv] it " in BNC.
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1 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
2 | And because that one even if we did n't rule out it says fifteen forty . |
3 | So I 'll differentiate it find out what that gives , Oh well that gives twice it well I do n't want twice it so I 'll |
4 | ‘ Maybe if you love someone so little that it does n't hurt then it 's not love . |
5 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
6 | ‘ It 's going to be all over town — in fact , I ca n't think why it is n't already — and your mother will be the last to know . ’ |
7 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
8 | She could n't think why it had n't occurred to her sooner . |
9 | Driving home , though , I could n't think why it was n't worse . |
10 | He could n't think why it had n't occurred to him earlier , as he marched briskly ( after a bit of trouble with the door latch ) out of the pub . |
11 | His look made me feel guilty , though I could n't think why it should . |
12 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me before . ’ |
13 | The first form talked about it more than any one else , of course they squealed with laughter when they saw the poor Mary Lou Manselle and Gwendoline , all falling victims to the same spider , jolly clever spider said Irene , it means the only three people in the form that it that would be scared of it , I take my hat off to that spider , ca n't think why it chose my desk said Mary Lou , no , that was a shame said Gwendoline , poor Mary Lou it must of been an awful shock for you when you saw it , I wonder who put it there ? |
14 | ‘ I ca n't think where it 's gone ’ , she said . |
15 | Ca n't remember where I was and I was I ear-holing really , I was listening to a conversation that this woman was having ca n't think where it was dad ! |
16 | Your pram , it 's no good , not taking your pram I do n't think so it 's no good Got a nice piece of pork in |
17 | Oh Trevor was quite good he di he d he would 've got his big pay rise today an did n't push it too much I do n't think perhaps it 's Nick though |
18 | ‘ I ca n't think how it went undetected for so long . ’ |
19 | I , I do n't know what deciding though , I says , funny enough I said there were one just like this at Millaires and I did n't qualify where it was , but it he latched on to it and it 's er a posh place , you know , Millaires |
20 | I do n't know when it is that you 'd like to take this . |
21 | I do n't know when it started , but my first memory of it was when I was about sixteen . |
22 | Er I do n't know I , I , I do n't know when it is . |
23 | Probably , but I do n't know when it is . |
24 | You do n't know when it is . |
25 | We do n't know when it will be . |
26 | I do n't know when it stopped . ’ |
27 | Consider , for example , finding the following notice on someone 's office door : ( I ) I 'll be back in an hour Because we do n't know when it was written , we can not know when the writer will return . |
28 | In fact he did n't know whether it were a child , he says you do n't know when it 's dark . |
29 | So you would n't know when it 's on or when it 's off . |
30 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |