Example sentences of "n't [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Do n't sorry sweetheart me ! |
2 | Erm , er , now of course to get back to the ambulance erm if somebody comes out of an epileptic fit and goes immediately back into another one , then you must call an ambulance , it takes so much from the person , it takes so much energy that the person ca n't possible go into one fit after another , erm without showing some affects and therefore you would have to get them to hospital , if you do n't and they have two or three fits one after another they can die , so they must go to hospital . |
3 | I have to say that while I am quite sure that ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ is a perfectly suitable wash for people with sensitive skins and that a no-talcum powder has a lot going for it , I ca n't possible support the selling of this product as necessary for ‘ intimate ’ care . |
4 | ‘ No , I could n't possible rest , not until I 've got an up-to-date report on Liz and Owen . |
5 | There was a deep vertical crease in the driver 's door , and the door was n't hanging right . |
6 | The farm owners were n't working class , so the ways this put them at a disadvantage is irrelevant . |
7 | MUSINGS ON THE COMMON OPEN SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT : IT IS N'T UNIFIED UNIX , IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE |
8 | WHAT WE GOT WAS N'T UNIFIED UNIX IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE |
9 | Well she were she were n't broad Geordie you see . |
10 | Did n't that suit you ? |
11 | Well , I simply was n't that type . |
12 | See , if you go out hunting or anything like that and you do n't that animal will love to lick that mud off its , off its feet , off its hoof . |
13 | Again I j only from the picture I 'd say she is , er was n't that size . |
14 | ‘ Is n't that life ? |
15 | Was n't , it was n't that supplier than went bankrupt , that was another case . |
16 | Did n't that work out ? |
17 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
18 | ‘ No , it was n't that way at all . |
19 | and they have a look and then they say , Oh I 'm sure it was n't that way . |
20 | ‘ It is n't true , ’ she denied vehemently , ‘ it was n't that way at all ; it was just — ’ She broke off . |
21 | But it was n't that way at all ; it was Rob ! |
22 | Did n't that help ? |
23 | Well , was n't that shite ? |
24 | ‘ Is n't that proof of your guilt ? ’ |
25 | Does n't that stem from … from your heartbreak over Gabriella ? ’ |
26 | No it were n't that aisle . |
27 | ‘ Is n't that bliss ! ’ |
28 | ‘ I 'm glad he did n't that night . ’ |
29 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
30 | It was n't that money was being stolen or sneaked — everything was down on paper . |