Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Blue does n't reproduce when photographed for printing ) Within this framework the typeset text would be stuck down and photographs and illustrations added as required . |
| 2 | Do occupy yourself so that you do n't over-indulge or leave yourself open to temptation . |
| 3 | He did n't explain or show remorse or produce justification . |
| 4 | If we do n't locate and interview every inmate detained there at that time , we 'll be accused of some sort of cover-up . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't aid and abet you against Susan . ’ |
| 6 | If you inject drugs , do n't lend or borrow injecting equipment ( works ) . |
| 7 | They never kill except for protection of their young , they do n't eat or drink unless they need to : that 's living in harmony . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't eat or drink at the moment . |
| 9 | One of the unwritten rules of non-Muslims who work or travel in Muslim countries is that you do n't eat or drink in front of your fasting friends . |
| 10 | Do n't eat or drink too many and do n't snack on them during the day . |
| 11 | Buff still would n't eat or drink . |
| 12 | The yew contains a mixture of poisonous compounds and only a chemist can extract anything good from it so people should n't eat or drink anything connected with the Yew tree . |
| 13 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 14 | She said : ‘ I could n't eat or sleep that week . |
| 15 | She could n't eat and began to lose weight . |
| 16 | If she did n't eat and drink soon , she 'd die ! |
| 17 | It has often been noted that the disease is rarely contracted by medical , clerical or other visitors who do n't eat and drink in the sickroom . |
| 18 | I 'm doing my best , but I ca n't eat and open cards at the same time . |
| 19 | Like , you get teachers who join the police ; they 're not good policemen to me , they do n't eat and think like policemen . |
| 20 | There have been many disasters along the road , Yorkshire puddings you could sole your shoes with , burnt offerings of several varieties , a pat that even my dog would n't eat and last Christmas a chocolate log that disintegrated , the proud little Santa on top sinking without trace in a sea of chocolate gunge . |
| 21 | Amiss directed ferocious attention towards his tray , giving a spirited impression of a man who could n't eat and listen at the same time . |
| 22 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 23 | ‘ Ca n't stay and listen to another attack … on my … my … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I wo n't stay and listen to this ! ’ |
| 25 | They ca n't stay and look at the , that child all the time can they ? |
| 26 | May we learn to face up to our problems and try to sort them out instead of pretending that they do n't exist or trying to run away from them . |
| 27 | 5 Quality measurement is essential : " Quality measurements for each area of activity must be established where they do n't exist and reviewed where they do " ( Crosby 1979 : 132 ) . |
| 28 | To belabour the point of whether or not he had knocked would only make her sound shrewish , and she did n't want that added to his list of uncomplimentary adjectives , along with brash and brassy ! |
| 29 | You can spot the modern first edition collector : it is he who sifts assiduously through a pile of the new Martin Amis searching for the copy whose corner is not bumped , only to reject it because the alignment of the dust-wrapper ( not jacket ) on the spine is very slightly askew — but he does n't want that copy either because of the biro indentation on the lamination , and the nineteenth copy would have been OK had the rear cover not been soiled . |
| 30 | We do n't want that train creepin' in and creepin' out again while nobody 's lookin' . ’ |