Example sentences of "n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When questioned about his long-suffering wife Maggie , now his ex , he often said : ‘ She does n't chain me . ’ |
| 2 | she would n't chain it up , and it got hit and killed on the erm road just outside the Post Office was n't it ? |
| 3 | No , what I mean is , we do n't double the amount , I 'm sorry we , were supposed to send six hundred . |
| 4 | And , I must say , it would have to be a very bad year if I did n't double my clients ’ money ! ’ she added , before breaking off to answer more phone calls . |
| 5 | The answer is nothing — great Champagne is without equal and you ca n't reproduce the unique climate and soil conditions of its birthplace anywhere else in the world . |
| 6 | One final observation : It is possible , although I could n't reproduce the effect on the three models made , that a switch-mode power system may oscillate or be unstable on open or very light loads . |
| 7 | I ca n't reproduce the way he talks — you 'll have to listen to him for yourself — but he just sort of zooms off . |
| 8 | Good relations with creative people are also essential , for you may have to advise the art director that the transparency he has chosen wo n't reproduce too well . |
| 9 | All he 'd say was that nature meant men and women to be attracted by each other and if they were n't , the species would n't reproduce themselves . ’ |
| 10 | ( Blue does n't reproduce when photographed for printing ) Within this framework the typeset text would be stuck down and photographs and illustrations added as required . |
| 11 | The novel with two endings does n't reproduce this reality : it merely takes us down two diverging paths . |
| 12 | TO THE WOODS KEVIN MY GOOD MAN AND DO N'T SPARE THE HORSES ! ! |
| 13 | It has been the starting-point for many a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure — ‘ London Bridge Station , cabby , and do n't spare the horses ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't spare the water , but by the time I 've finished cooking they 'll be sterile . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If the parents and their witnesses had to travel to the Scottish mainland , this would involve them not only in time away they could n't spare , but also travelling and accommodation expenses . |
| 18 | If he feels someone is not applying themselves 100 per cent , he wo n't spare reputations or ego — whoever you are . |
| 19 | ‘ But it 's my time , ’ I said as I stood up , ‘ and I ca n't spare it . |
| 20 | And it does n't spare the blushes of Sean Connery , Roger Moore and the others who have been issued with the secret agent 's famous licence to kill . |
| 21 | In The Fourth Man , a 1979 film-noir -ish comedy about a homosexual writer , he highlighted a scene with two men kissing that does n't spare the saliva ; in Spetters , he knee-capped American audiences with his depiction of Holland 's teenagers and , in his sword'n'sorcery adventure Flesh And Blood , his damsel in distress Jennifer Jason Leigh is abducted and raped — and enjoys it . |
| 22 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
| 23 | Such men do n't spare a second 's thought for ‘ the People ’ . |
| 24 | He did n't spare Schmidt a glance ; his eyes held Culley 's , waiting for the glint that betrays sudden movement . |
| 25 | They ca n't spare me , poorly , though I may be . |
| 26 | I could n't spare any time at all . |
| 27 | She was living hand to mouth and she would n't spare the cash if she could help it . |
| 28 | None of them came back , you see : the Americans could n't spare the trucks and the farms were n't allowed to use their petrol for anything but getting food to market . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |