Example sentences of "n't [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 3 | I told you — I just did n't fancy being another name on your list . |
| 4 | Now , what we do n't want are detailed particulars of the shop , the salesperson 's home address and physical attributes . |
| 5 | And one thing we do n't want is extra work . |
| 6 | I do n't want Is that the bigger box ? |
| 7 | I do take on , I do take on one point that the Conservatives have begun to raise to make in their in their motion which what we do n't want is another heavy tier of bur bureaucracy . |
| 8 | What I do n't want is ten minutes of waffle and one and a half minutes of pure gold . |
| 9 | It 's we , we should n't accept anything that you know , we , we do n't think 's correct ! |
| 10 | Which we do n't think 's fair . |
| 11 | We have a great deal of sympathy er but whereas I do n't think some of the ideas that have been floated tonight for a Cornwall and Gibraltar West seat er or erm any kind of link up between Cornwall and any tail end of a Welsh seat we do n't think is practical and I think he 's got ta solve this problem er within the confines of Cornwall being regarded as part of England if not Anglo Saxon . |
| 12 | I 've gone to the local Council and er unfortunately they 've said to me that I 'd have to go on a waiting list ; the housing aid have said the only thing they could offer me is bed and breakfast which I 'm sorry to say I do n't think is suitable to bring two children up in . |
| 13 | That kind of thing which I do n't think is any damn good at all . |
| 14 | When Alice was sixteen her mother , angry with her about something , said in a fury , ‘ You need n't think being good looking is going to be an advantage in life . |
| 15 | No , because things come up unexpectedly , so things will become urgent that maybe you did n't think were important , but have just suddenly emerged . |
| 16 | White Men Ca n't Jump is funny , touching and slushier than a wellington boot full of dog 's wee . |
| 17 | What these critics apparently ca n't stomach is that wealth creators have a tendency to acquire wealth in the process of creating it for others . |
| 18 | Miss Jarman went on : ‘ What I wo n't stomach is thieving , hypocrisy , canting men , niggers , or my servants getting into the family way . |
| 19 | I do n't know is that a king ? |
| 20 | Employers who are aware of a problem and who do n't act are liable to be prosecuted . |
| 21 | The only thing the Tories ca n't tax is fresh air . |
| 22 | Where it does n't appear is crucial too . |
| 23 | The only thing you ca n't do is soft those , we can do diamonds , erm , the only thing you ca n't do is pearls |
| 24 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 25 | And he knew he would n't dare be late . |
| 26 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 27 | I would n't mind being thinner and better looking but those things are n't terribly important in the long run . ’ |
| 28 | I would n't mind being thinner and better looking but those things are n't terribly important in the long run . ’ |
| 29 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 30 | So long as I love you , I would n't mind being poor , and I do n't want his money . ’ |