Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 2 | ‘ That still does n't explain why they torched themselves , ’ Finn observed . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ she denied drily , and he would have to make of that what he would , because she could n't explain why she had come , not the real reason , because it was private , and because the woman she had come to find , the woman her grandfather had asked her to look up , deliver the package to , might be very angry — and rightfully so — if she discussed her business with other people . |
| 4 | She was good at art as well but her friends could n't explain why she burst into tears for no apparent reason during a painting class one sunny afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ Which still does n't explain why he dumped the one person who knows how to ride Shine On . ’ |
| 6 | She had just received Holy Communion , of course , and her face was radiant and pure — I ca n't explain why I did it , but I could n't help kissing her . |
| 7 | ‘ You said your husband was working on a book but that does n't explain why you came to Dublin . ’ |
| 8 | I ca n't explain how I felt . |
| 9 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
| 10 | I just ca n't explain how I feel , but we 'll have to pray we 'll be guided to do what 's best . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship . |
| 12 | but you see he 'd have a list of the horse who 's gon na work or win races well if them animals did n't eat up he did n't work them . |
| 13 | And because that one even if we did n't rule out it says fifteen forty . |
| 14 | Sure , some of it does n't exist yet we 've got ta create this stuff , but , you know |
| 15 | ‘ I have n't heard how they got on but I saw Mick just before he went and he was very positive , ’ said Ronnie . |
| 16 | So now you 're saying , if you ca n't make so we 've , we 've changed from the full unbiased overall story |
| 17 | I do n't want otherwise you finish up with five separate er management procedures . |
| 18 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 19 | He constantly came across people who adored his father and he could n't think why they did when he was such a silly little man who made such a fool of himself . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm cold , ’ she complained , ‘ I ca n't think why we came up here . ’ |
| 21 | Ca n't think why we 've stuck so long with people who knew something about the job . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm . |
| 23 | She could n't think why she blurted it out . |
| 24 | She could n't think why she had n't thought of that before . |
| 25 | I ca n't think why she stays because he 's no easier on her than on the rest of us . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Oliver also said that since receiving her machine as a birthday present last year , she has become totally ‘ hooked ’ , is already producing garments for the family and ca n't think why she did n't buy a machine years ago . |
| 27 | I ca n't think why she has n't done it yet , now you come to mention it . ’ |
| 28 | The first form talked about it more than any one else , of course they squealed with laughter when they saw the poor Mary Lou Manselle and Gwendoline , all falling victims to the same spider , jolly clever spider said Irene , it means the only three people in the form that it that would be scared of it , I take my hat off to that spider , ca n't think why it chose my desk said Mary Lou , no , that was a shame said Gwendoline , poor Mary Lou it must of been an awful shock for you when you saw it , I wonder who put it there ? |
| 29 | She could n't think why it had n't occurred to her sooner . |
| 30 | He could n't think why it had n't occurred to him earlier , as he marched briskly ( after a bit of trouble with the door latch ) out of the pub . |