Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [adv] [pron] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | I mean Margaret could n't go back it 's er |
| 3 | we we could n't find out what 's wrong with it . |
| 4 | Maus 's cartoon cross-cutting underlines , perhaps more vividly than any other medium could do , the truth of Vladek 's saying , when asked why the Jews offered so little resistance to the Germans : ‘ They could n't believe even what 's in front of their eyes … ‘ |
| 5 | But she would n't explain why she 's using her vote against the government in tonight 's debate on a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 6 | So you would n't know when it 's on or when it 's off . |
| 7 | So if you know the graph of Y equals X squared which unfortunately I ca n't draw tonight it 's draw it for you , could draw it from the inside keep telling everyone else . |
| 8 | Cos I ca n't think where she 's |
| 9 | I ca n't think why she 's behaving in such a way . ’ |
| 10 | There 's something on the national insu about the national insurance as well , I ca n't think how he 's gon na work that because he said it is the ones that are on over forty thousand that are gon na be |
| 11 | ‘ But I ca n't tell where it 's coming from . ’ |
| 12 | Then they 'll say ‘ I 'll stop for a cup of tea then — oh , I ca n't go now it 's too late , I think I 'll stop tonight but I must go home tomorrow ’ . ’ |
| 13 | When the bass cuts in we 're in dirty funk horizons , and even if you ca n't make out what 's being said , it sounds as urgent as life . |
| 14 | I wish I had n't I wish I had n't started feeding it but I ca n't I ca n't stop now it 's not |
| 15 | I ca n't see where it 's leading . |
| 16 | He jokes that one of the problems of backstroke is that he ca n't see where he 's going . |
| 17 | Pete , well Pete ca n't see why it 's taking so long the hall . |
| 18 | I 've always started with LM1 since I ca n't see how it 's possible to perceive whether a patient would benefit from beginning somewhere else . |
| 19 | ‘ If a child ca n't see how it 's performing , ’ demanded Mr Stannard , ‘ how 's it to know if it 's doing well or not ? |
| 20 | ‘ I understand what you mean , Peggy , but I ca n't see how she 's paved his way to buy that bungalow . |
| 21 | He can last for hours during the day without needing to go to the toilet , so I ca n't understand why it 's continuing to happen at night . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't understand why she 's suddenly begun to behave like this . |
| 23 | She says she ca n't understand why she 's getting the treatment she 's getting from her . |
| 24 | I 'm not surprised with all that dashing around , he asks such a lot of you Lynn and I ca n't understand why he 's like that when he says he loves you and everything , and he wants |
| 25 | It ca n't come out it 's a fuc |
| 26 | I ca n't work out what 's going on . ’ |
| 27 | You know it 's all a load of balls but you ca n't work out who 's doing what to whom . |
| 28 | Ca n't figure out what 's actually stopping . |
| 29 | I ca n't figure out what 's up with you young man today |
| 30 | Now I accept that if you 're adding up a column of figures you ca n't say well it 's within a few thousand well that 'll do . |