Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [adv] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 Maybe I do n't know but it just so I would say he should n't snore like he does all night .
2 He ca n't change how he thinks .
3 ‘ I ca n't think where it 's gone ’ , she said .
4 I ca n't think why she stays because he 's no easier on her than on the rest of us . ’
5 I ca n't think why she has n't done it yet , now you come to mention it . ’
6 And I ca n't think how she does either . ’
7 Ca n't think how she puts up with him . ’
8 They , they painted there house a year ago and they 've done it again this year , you ca n't tell where it 's stopped and where it 's done , do you know what I mean .
9 He 's half way frew his forf punnet , he turns to me and says he ca n't fink why he has all these troubles with his skin ! "
10 They want to appeal to people 's better nature , but to do that they ca n't point out what shmucks most of us are , most of the time .
11 It 's called his brain , and what he ca n't store there he stores in a single cabinet backed with a simple personal computer and word processor .
12 Now I ca n't see why it does n't make sense , but if Jim came to me and said , look Hugh , that 's bloody silly .
13 From what I learned at the meeting I ca n't see why he thinks I 'm up to such a task , but maybe la bête a ses raisons que la belle ne connaît pas .
14 But I ca n't see why she 's changed her solicitor .
15 In fact , I ca n't see how she survives with you two .
16 I ca n't see how he does it .
17 I ca n't see how he finds the time , with all his other activities .
18 A lot of people ca n't understand why anyone cares about ‘ Threshergate ’ .
19 I ca n't understand why it 's cracked like that .
20 She says she knows he 's a bastard and ca n't understand why she loves him …
21 I ca n't understand why she looks like this .
22 I ca n't understand why he has n't been dismissed , ’ said Miss Knox , who lives in fear of meeting McConville again .
23 I ca n't understand how it 's happened .
24 I ca n't remember where he comes from , but it 's in the desert I think .
25 Yeah right it ca n't get out it has to go down the pipe .
26 ‘ I ca n't figure out which buttons to push but it might be that he 's rather more intelligent , ’ admits Dad .
27 Vronsky accepts and loves her , but in the end she ca n't believe even he respects her and convinces herself he does n't .
28 I 'll feel better in a minute , but I just ca n't imagine why she dislikes me so . ’
29 But old boss Beck knows Dublin will come back fighting : ‘ The lad has battled hard to get to the big time and he wo n't forget where he 's come from . ’
30 In most cases the text in the columns wo n't line up which indicates that the person who put it together did n't know about this little trick .
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