Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] 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 | ‘ A fucking lion tamer , ’ he said , looking at Paddy , ‘ ye could n't tame a pussy cat . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He jerked her back to face him and Isabel could n't repress a sharp cry of fear at the violence in his eyes . |
| 16 | You ca n't hassle a guy like that without … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Well , you ca n't rush a scientist , can you , 'cos he 's discovering new things , is n't he . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , if she trains anything like you do , she wo n't forego a drink for the sake of her sport . ’ |
| 20 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 21 | If we do n't grant a , what 's going there now , it could well be that by default , the building will revert to the county council , and it would be lost to the people of Ottery . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
| 23 | Mike , who 'd gone greener than the minted melon balls provided for pudding , and Perdita , who was lighting one cigarette from another , could n't eat a thing . |
| 24 | I do n't eat a huge amount because at 5ft 2in every extra pound really shows — so I have one main meal a day . |
| 25 | Do n't eat a heavy meal for at least two hours before you exercise . |
| 26 | ‘ I had such a huge breakfast ’ , Lavender said , ‘ I really could n't eat a thing . ’ |
| 27 | I could n't eat a thing . ’ |
| 28 | Sarella could n't eat a morsel of anything . |
| 29 | I love a piece of orange , I I would n't eat a whole orange but I do like er little pieces of oranges now I might get away with that but if I was to have a whole orange |
| 30 | Mm , she does n't eat a lot of meat |