Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest . |
| 2 | I was n't depending on him anymore . |
| 3 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |
| 4 | There was no discussion of this , and Changez did n't demur at the crucial moment when something could — maybe — have been done . |
| 5 | However ghastly I might feel , however feeble , I was n't drowning in blood . |
| 6 | In the longer term , IBM is even thinking about making PC-DOS 6 processor-independent so that any forthcoming lines of handhelds are n't limited to Intel Corp chips , Ms Dimfel says the same people producing the Taligent/Workplace OS micro-kernel are looking at a ‘ pico-kernel ’ optimised to run just PC-DOS . |
| 7 | Demand has escalated and droughts are n't limited to spells of very hot weather . |
| 8 | But that was n't enough for Paul ; he knew that God was n't limited to human speech and a human mind . |
| 9 | Even that piece of teaching was n't enough ; Paul had to use a very rare word , to make it clear that God 's power to answer prayer was n't limited in any way . |
| 10 | ‘ And do n't laugh with food in your mouth , please ! ’ |
| 11 | But he did n't laugh with her . |
| 12 | Of teachers , four examples , at random , covered approachability , humour and sensitivity ( SED 1989:8 ) : If you do n't have a sense of humour and ca n't laugh with the weans , you 'd crack up more easily . |
| 13 | I like to have a laugh and that , but there 's some things you should n't laugh at . |
| 14 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 15 | If you are fascinated by celebrities , try Margaret Forwood 's The Real Benny Hill ( Robson , £15.95 ) and Norman Wisdom 's Do n't Laugh At Me ( Century , £14.99 ) . |
| 16 | No , even the hyenas wo n't laugh at these and anyone who has to put up with you telling these gags is likely to let you take a closer look at the lion 's cage — like from the inside . |
| 17 | And this is what I 'm thinking of doing , so do n't laugh at me , because I 'm thinking of doing it . |
| 18 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 19 | The Ex-Wives returns to the comic vein of some of her earlier writing : ‘ I wanted to entertain myself , I lay on the floor on my stomach , scribbling away and laughing — well , if I ca n't laugh at my own jokes , who else can ? ’ |
| 20 | Xorandor does n't laugh at people , he goes along with them at their level , telling them what he knows they want to hear . |
| 21 | No no do n't laugh at that , do n't laugh at that . |
| 22 | No no do n't laugh at that , do n't laugh at that . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't laugh at me , Theda ! ’ he warned , catching her glance . |
| 24 | You did n't laugh at him did you ? |
| 25 | Well , it 's a sad thing if you ca n't laugh at yourself is n't it , eh ? |
| 26 | I did n't laugh into the receiver , but the idea of Manning Jackson taking a chance was something new . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , but I had to laugh , or nearly so , for you dare n't laugh in there . |
| 28 | but you ca n't you ca n't dip into modules of that can you do n't you have to do the whole thing ? |
| 29 | Do n't plough on any more , just commemorate your finish by noting this special occasion . |
| 30 | 10 Do n't persist in a procedure that fails to work . |