Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The wire is guided down the hole as the lid closes so it does n't obstruct anything inside the box ; lift out trays can be fitted flush to the top of the box . |
2 | It 's like saying , please do n't tell , please do n't broadcast it to the world , I can get hurt . |
3 | And with a decent meal including large bottles of local beer for around £5 , there 's no reason why you ca n't treat yourself to the colourful ‘ Egyptian night out ’ with cabaret , belly dancing and a multi-course meal held regularly at the plush Ramses Hilton for about £25 . |
4 | Only if you do n't mind me sayin' so , it 'll be best if you do n't treat her like a private in the Army . ’ |
5 | ‘ Do n't treat me as a child ! ’ she cried scornfully , ‘ You know that I love you , and that 's why I 'm being packed off . ’ |
6 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
7 | But please , Mama , Lucinda pleaded silently , do n't treat me like a complete idiot . |
8 | Do n't treat me like a naughty schoolgirl . |
9 | We 've decided now that you you must n't treat me like a chi child . |
10 | Hazel , Hazel thinks you should n't treat me like a child ! |
11 | After telling the waiting world that Germans , Americans , Dutch and Scandanavians are most forthright and explicit ; that the Japanese , British Italians and French are the vaguest and most subtle ; and that the British , Americans , Dutch and Scandanavians are most informal and jokey , the guide goes on to warn : ‘ Do n't treat anyone as a stereotype ’ . |
12 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
13 | Is that potato all over the floor there , do n't tread it in the carpet yes it 's potato round you |
14 | ‘ It was n't seeing you with no clothes on , ’ he explained patiently , at last , suppressing laughter . |
15 | You ca n't explain it with the funny little rules that we have for how your potential and different things vary in your circuit . |
16 | ‘ I was n't suggesting anything of the sort , ’ Shae returned evenly . |
17 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
18 | Mr Hardcastle : ‘ But they do n't regard themselves as a sectarian group either ? ’ |
19 | I found this mistake hurtful : 'more specifically , I did n't regard it as a source of amusement . |
20 | I do n't regard it as a sacrifice . ’ |
21 | But the phone was cut off , the DHSS did n't regard it as a necessity . |
22 | She ca n't , she ca n't cuddle you at the minute . |
23 | I think that wedding anniversaries make very suitable subjects for pressed flower pictures , and there ca n't be many that do n't lend themselves to a suitable picture . |
24 | ‘ The pattern of study leave block release — does n't lend itself to the smaller offices or indeed to business organisations . |
25 | and we could n't eat it on the Sunday and |
26 | I have n't heard anything on the radio , seen nothing in the press , nothing on the box . |
27 | I do n't think so I mean I left it all last night and everything seemed er amicable and er I have n't heard anything to the contrary today . |
28 | Well , I have n't heard anything to the contrary , so I presume that 's what it was . |
29 | I have n't heard anything from the City Council other than two days before the scheme was to be introduced . |
30 | Fox , 24 , says : ‘ Dave Stringer did n't fancy me as a player , it was as simple as that . |