Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] he [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 'd glued him to my back he could n't have slept |
| 2 | Will the criminal have to climb down from the roof ( in which case he ca n't take a lot with him ) , or can he go downstairs and let himself out of the house ? |
| 3 | ‘ He might already have been dead when he fell on the fire , in which case he would n't have known anything about it . ’ |
| 4 | He failed the test and the reward has gone to someone else and it is not , Anna said fiercely to herself , pressing her palms to her closed eyes , it is not fair that he should never know what he can not do , that he should always set himself targets he ca n't achieve , that he should never be allowed to progress . |
| 5 | He says he did a deal with a man in a pub , a man whose name he ca n't remember and he 'd never met before . ’ |
| 6 | We 'll he had his money he wo n't have to touch , he could live on that hundred and twenty pound a week . |
| 7 | If a dog was worrying his sheep he would n't rest . |
| 8 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |
| 9 | Despite his fear he could n't help wanting to look over the edge of the basket but when he did was sure he saw , besides the surging of the sea , long black shadows just below the surface of the water . |
| 10 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |
| 11 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 12 | When it sucked in his head he could n't scream anymore . |
| 13 | Then when he was entertaining one of his friends he could n't get his stove to burn right and he had to keep it alight with matchboxes and cheese straws . |
| 14 | It was all necessary , no doubt , but with all the optimism of his youth he could n't see that it looked promising . |
| 15 | Finch thought , bestirred , that the cat was an advance guard for Henry and that Henry must be on his way back to see them , and he wanted to call out to the animal , but in his excitement he could n't remember its name , so he lay back and assumed fatigue again . |
| 16 | It 's our goodness and our knowledge he ca n't use : |