Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It is n't widely supported among modem makers , one example is the pricey Intel SatisFAXtion card . |
2 | Kate Spencer-Nairn has been in wheelchair for eight years since her treatment at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.In a High Court damages case against Oxfordshire Health Authority , she 's claimed that her spine was n't properly shielded during radiation treatment for Hodgkin 's Disease . |
3 | He has n't properly spoken to me since our refusal to carry drugs . |
4 | ‘ That sounds as though you do n't altogether approve of him , ’ said Julia . |
5 | All this could suggest that Kingsley Amis is n't altogether sold on Patrick Standish . |
6 | how women were n't mechanically minded as a rule . |
7 | She sank down , hugging her sides , praying that Tom , Amos and Oseri would n't suddenly appear from behind a boulder or a fold in the hillside . |
8 | ‘ What 's so funny ? ’ he asked , hoping that her mood did n't suddenly break into hysteria . |
9 | Shadow Chancellor John Smith , dismissed Mrs Thatcher 's so-called economic miracle as a mirage , but admitted things would n't suddenly improve under Labour . |
10 | Death does n't suddenly arrive below a particular threshold lung area ! |
11 | If voters say they want politicians to care , how do you show it — you ca n't suddenly burst into tears . |
12 | But I mean if you 're puking up everywhere you ca n't obviously go into work can you ? |
13 | Yeah , she ca n't obviously talk to her husband about it because George is her ex-husband and he |
14 | They did n't only stop in one place . |
15 | Opportunity does n't only knock on your door it almost batters it down ! |
16 | However , we are shown that success does n't only depend on technical skill , but in selecting just the right view to paint . |
17 | Another group of researchers , this time in Sweden , has discovered that this protective effect does n't only last for as long as the baby is breastfed . |
18 | MacQuillan was n't only talking about getting the British out of Northern Ireland , he was using HM Supplies to channel money to terrorist groups . |
19 | Designer labels do n't only apply to clothes . |
20 | I mean , if that do n't only apply to you . |
21 | It does n't only happen with women : it happened in a different way with Tom Keating and Chris Frayling ( who is Professor of Cultural History at the Royal College of Art ) . |
22 | Burglaries did n't only happen in London . |
23 | He is tall and cold and sometimes he does n't only come for pigs he comes for greedy little girls who make pigs of themselves , with too many sweets ! ’ |
24 | The ruler does n't only work in the horizontal direction . |
25 | It was n't only to toil in the cotton fields that negros were stolen from Africa . |
26 | You were n't so bound by rules , legislation , case law or anything like that . |
27 | By the same token they are unsuitable for small rooms , and would be so even if their considerable bulk was n't so dominating in such surroundings . |
28 | The fact is , Harry , it simply would n't work and , if you were n't so blinded by love , you 'd see it for yourself . |
29 | When they took him to Florida , he was n't so bothered about Mickey Mouse . |
30 | You are n't perhaps related to our previous correspondent , are you ? |