Example sentences of "n't [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were weary and did n't spare a thought for how she must be feeling — sick in the mornings , with a husband flying all the time . |
| 2 | Such men do n't spare a second 's thought for ‘ the People ’ . |
| 3 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 4 | Whatever you do however , do n't spare a moment 's sympathy for loathsome Mick Jagger . |
| 5 | ‘ You can block your entrances provided you do n't obstruct a right-of-way , and provided you take ‘ reasonable care ’ to avoid causing injury to trespassers . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't sack a man because of his friends , ’ he said forthrightly , ‘ and Caretaker 's family have been in Medewich a long time . |
| 7 | Welsh could n't grade a bag of Homepride . |
| 8 | And then the women I did want to go to bed with , but could n't conduct a conversation with . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't blackmail a machine — ! ’ |
| 10 | If you do n't experience a quality like compassion as a small child , then it becomes very difficult to develop this quality in adulthood . |
| 11 | If you like to drink alcohol regularly , you will probably find this is the most pleasant week of the diet , provided you do n't experience a reaction to it . |
| 12 | Yeah well I my son but he do n't treat a mother . |
| 13 | I haven I have n't developed a new word at number six , that is overall presents her argument in a confident and persuasive manner . |
| 14 | Yet I have n't heard a word from the record company , and have n't received a penny ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have n't received a penny from her , ’ said Dr Smith yesterday . |
| 16 | ‘ He promised to stay in regular contact , but I have n't received a single phone call . ’ |
| 17 | A week or so went by and I had n't received a reply . |
| 18 | If you have n't received a questionnaire , or you know somebody in that category , please would you contact Kate Purcell or Jarlath Quinn at the School of Hotel and Catering Management , Oxford Brookes University , , . |
| 19 | But Alan Govier from Oxford has n't received a penny in pension payments . |
| 20 | And they have n't received a penny in compensation . |
| 21 | Er , we have n't received a copy of them . |
| 22 | ‘ A fucking lion tamer , ’ he said , looking at Paddy , ‘ ye could n't tame a pussy cat . ’ |
| 23 | But he ca n't repress a shudder as he recalls the day he learned of his wife 's death , at first being told that she had drowned . |
| 24 | He jerked her back to face him and Isabel could n't repress a sharp cry of fear at the violence in his eyes . |
| 25 | You ca n't hassle a guy like that without … |
| 26 | She had n't realised a man 's rear was so bony . |
| 27 | Just as " big-step reductionism " can not work as an explanation of mechanism , and must be replaced by a series of small step-by-step peelings down through the hierarchy , so we ca n't explain a complex thing as originating in a single step . |
| 28 | ‘ When I said ‘ serve ’ , ’ Fen informed her from right at her shoulder , ‘ I was n't suggesting a Wimbledon performance . ’ |
| 29 | Well , you ca n't rush a scientist , can you , 'cos he 's discovering new things , is n't he . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , if she trains anything like you do , she wo n't forego a drink for the sake of her sport . ’ |