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 . |