Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Yates felt that , ‘ Dustin did n't relate to the character because I do n't think Dustin likes to be thought of as nice and charming . |
| 2 | News of one did n't transmit to the other . |
| 3 | It was something else that was bothering him , something illogical that he could n't explain to the Captain until he had explained it to himself . |
| 4 | Trust : But the happy couple did n't rush to the altar to formalize their alliance . |
| 5 | Shirley said and do n't stay to the end . |
| 6 | They always see me as The Boss , and I do n't want to The Boss . |
| 7 | Trading for mutual benefit just does n't appeal to the Securocracy |
| 8 | He made no attempt to talk to anybody , he did n't chat to the audience , which he did during the warm-up spots as the proper Wedding Present , ’ he says . |
| 9 | She says ’ I do n't object to the festival . |
| 10 | They did n't object to the torture and the shooting . |
| 11 | ‘ It makes it better for you if you do , but it probably does n't matter to the film , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Merely providing the site will involve the destruction of two trees , which are part of the avenue , but that does n't matter to the County Council because erm they 're not responsible , they can override a tree preservation order and I think this just is morally wrong . |
| 13 | Er , it would n't matter to the leather trade as such or to any of the countries , er if there was no saddling and harness trade , and that goes for countries like erm , Britain and France and Germany and United States and so on . |
| 14 | He could n't warm to the notion of a Gooseneck-Sunil love affair : the potential for pain seemed too great . |
| 15 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , yesterday posed for photographers with a Co-op credit card the size of a tea tray : ‘ There are middle class Labour supporters … no , it wo n't contribute to the credit boom … change your credit card and help Labour win . ’ |
| 16 | And if you live in Faringdon then erm presumably you did n't contribute to the money that was spent by the City Council on the Medley boat station . |
| 17 | But even they could n't dance to the music . |
| 18 | So I 'm not speakin' about any part of you you do n't bring to the fore yourself . ’ |
| 19 | Replies tend to play safe , and often give names , which clearly do n't refer to the land you 're interested in . |
| 20 | Now the thing is we , we can refer to sight and touch and hearing , but we do n't refer to the sense of smell just as smell , in modern English . |
| 21 | ‘ There is just one thing I want to ask , then I wo n't refer to the past again . ’ |
| 22 | He did n't refer to the party , nor did he mention the earring , but the subject seemed to hang over Merrill like the sword of Damocles . |
| 23 | If you do n't hear the milk boiling over , you wo n't dash to the rescue in the nick of time . |
| 24 | David Malcolm , 30 , of North Shields , said the movie did n't keep to the book . |
| 25 | Popular culture gives us plenty of female verbal incontinence ( cf the Andy Capp joke : ‘ when two wives get together , who has the last word ? ’ ) and illogical women who ca n't keep to the point ( as a character in the soap opera Coronation Street comments , ‘ you might as well try to knit fog as follow what 's in a woman 's mind ’ ) . |
| 26 | Mum , will it be like that Cinderella did n't stick to the story ? |
| 27 | The other good news with Sun E45 , is that sand does n't stick to the skin . |
| 28 | They wo n't stick to the pathway , because they do n't do it in the school . |
| 29 | He did n't look to the end of the letter first . |
| 30 | Do n't look to the right , to the left , or over your shoulder , but concentrate on where you 're going . |