Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [adv] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since marrying the rector she had filled out , and she had such clear blue eyes which reminded Betty of others she had seen , though she could n't place where it was . |
| 2 | I could n't stay where I was , it 's one of the rules . |
| 3 | I knew she could n't swim so it was obvious she drowned . ’ |
| 4 | well erm , it 's just a sense of ya know I could n't care less it 's yeah go on an do that I do n't give a stuff |
| 5 | I mean Margaret could n't go back it 's er |
| 6 | I could n't make out what was going on so I began walking towards the image , binoculars pressed to my eyes . |
| 7 | Every now and again the music would cut for a couple of seconds and there would be some faint , whispered phrase that would haunt its way down the wire , but she could n't make out what was said . |
| 8 | But this time the door had been closed all the way , and she could n't make out what was being said . |
| 9 | We could n't make out what was wrong . |
| 10 | Everywhere was pitch-black , and just for a moment she could n't think where she was . |
| 11 | ‘ We could n't think where you were , ’ said my mother , ‘ we hunted for you for hours . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 13 | Driving home , though , I could n't think why it was n't worse . |
| 14 | Isobel stared : it was so unlike him ; she could n't think why he was being so rude . |
| 15 | She could n't think how she was going to enter the Commercial Hotel , not unless accompanied or pushed . |
| 16 | And of course the coach had come up the hill could n't overtake where I was parked , blocking off the entrance to the lane where I 'd just come out of so that the string of cars coming down the road and the first one wanting to turn in and of course the coach had covered it . |
| 17 | He could n't understand why they were suddenly running over the sand . |
| 18 | Naturally June could n't understand why it was that I went on cutting her . |
| 19 | It would come up in the conversation all the time , ‘ So you 've been separated from your husband and you have no boyfriends ? ’ — No — ‘ Are n't you interested in having boyfriends ? ’ — No — Because she was man-mad she could n't understand why I was n't . |
| 20 | My mum and dad could n't understand why I was so shite at it ! ’ |
| 21 | On my last visit to Lewis I found myself repelled by the use of derogatory nicknames , and could n't understand why I was reacting so violently . |
| 22 | Could n't understand why I was potty about him . |
| 23 | If he was so thick-skinned that he could n't see when he was n't wanted then that was his problem . |
| 24 | She 'd paid up before so I could n't see why she was refusing to do it again . |
| 25 | When the hatches were shut you could n't see where they were , but whenever the Thing was really interested in something it opened up and extended a small silver dish on a pole , or a complicated arrangement of pipes . |
| 26 | I could n't see where he was heading . |
| 27 | He did not gel with Chapman , and was never going to be a direct replacement , so I could n't see where he was going to fit in long-term . |
| 28 | Dad had been right ; it was foggy and getting thicker so I had to slow down because I could n't see where I was going . |
| 29 | I could n't see where it was . |
| 30 | The only trouble was , she just could n't see how she was going to manage it . |