Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then I discovered he could n't read music . |
| 32 | It 's bound to be a bit strange for you at first , but saying you wo n't make love to your own husband in your own house because of the servants … ’ |
| 33 | ‘ I can only think she decided she could not marry Fabien after all , but could not bear to tell him so either . |
| 34 | Er trading standards continue to be under pressure er we ought to agree on that er and we I I believe we may not have difficulty er in achieving the additional value of this type of almost on an annual basis if we are short of the trading standards . |
| 35 | ‘ We had a band chat and for ages we were saying we should not do merchandising at all , because it is a sign that you are a really big band and that you are trying to cash in . |
| 36 | Most people find they can not tolerate sugar after that period . |
| 37 | The council refused the swap scheme , saying it would not alter village boundaries . |
| 38 | I regret that the committee decided it would not approve funding as detailed in your application . |
| 39 | But there is a compulsion to adopt one or the other , and whichever course he may take he can not obtain possession of his goods without handing over to the collector either absolutely or conditionally the amount claimed as duty . |
| 40 | However , in adult life , Ian finds he can not take criticism . |
| 41 | I mean they wo n't say sand and salt , they 'll say something which is insoluble and give it a horrible chemical name |
| 42 | Much to the amusement of two American girls who stayed with us because they did n't know what this phrase was I mean they could n't have sort it out in the first place of what it meant . |
| 43 | ’ At first I felt I could n't take care of my own life , ’ she says , remembering a rocky past with its broken marriage , drink and drugs . |
| 44 | The request that I should receive a consignment of most , if not all , of the issues was obviously impossible to meet ; and although I should much like to have had the ‘ run ’ of Eliot 's bookcase for an afternoon , I felt I could not seek permission , so soon after my arrival at the school , to go to London for that purpose , so I told Eliot that half a dozen well-spaced numbers would suffice for me . |
| 45 | My father knew I would n't do biology , but he made me do chemistry and only a small amount of mathematics . |
| 46 | They thought I could not understand French ; I can , my mother was French . |
| 47 | Just because it 's not warm it does n't mean you ca n't have custard with it . |
| 48 | She knew she should n't cause trouble to people . |
| 49 | Well erm , I knew you would n't eat sort of sliced ham on its own with erm vegetables . |
| 50 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |
| 51 | They could be big fish , but their heartfelt politics should mean they will not become part of the corporate rock machine . |
| 52 | No , no , thank you very much , it 's all right , he is n't badly hurt , a sprained ankle , and they say it is n't serious , but it does mean he ca n't come north yet … ’ |
| 53 | His parents Kang and Bi explained how little Sheng spent his days looking out the window at the other children playing , knowing he could n't take part . |
| 54 | The only credible explanation is that Nkrumah , with Rhodesia fresh in his mind , felt he could not tolerate superpower indifference to the Third World any longer . |
| 55 | Sainsbury 's felt it could not justify investment at either of these locations and instead surprised everyone by buying land at Parc Menai which has already got planning consent for a hotel and conference centre . |
| 56 | The Sola grill has glass sides to keep the heat where it should be and the sheer controllability of gas means you wo n't waste energy . |
| 57 | I think we ca n't do justice to the point you 've raised in the time at our disposal , but it is a very important issue . |
| 58 | I think we would n't want consultation before , it might influence the decision of P and R , or there again depends if we agree the , the arguments for consultation . |
| 59 | The reason why people sometimes think they ca n't shed weight on a strict calorie ration of 1,000 daily is that they are guessing at the weight — and thus the calorie content — of their portions of food , or forgetting to add in the calories provided by little items like the butter spread on that bread , or the milk in all those cups of tea ; or they fail to realize that innocent-looking things like that canned soft drink or glass of orange juice , or the mayonnaise coleslaw served in the office canteen ( 'Ca n't contain many calories — it 's salad , is n't it ! ' ) can add a sizeable number of calories to the daily total . |
| 60 | Those referred to at the beginning of this chapter , the dieters who think they ca n't shed weight on 1,000 calories a day , almost invariably belong to the can't-get-away-with-anything group and are not following the essential rules of calorie counting sufficiently strictly . |