Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [adv] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on . |
| 2 | I I I I thought I knew it , but I could n't make out where I 'd heard it . |
| 3 | But he could n't work out why I was in school ? |
| 4 | I could n't work out why she should be so interested , but the answer was no : I 'd never taken her there . |
| 5 | The crowd around the old fellow 's barrow seemed larger than usual for a Saturday morning and I could n't work out why there was such a hush the moment I showed up . |
| 6 | I could n't work out where I 'd seen him . |
| 7 | For a moment she was confused ; she thought it was the thin man , and she could n't work out how he 'd got behind them . |
| 8 | No I just , I just could n't work out how he averaged five marks . |
| 9 | I could n't work out how you got there so quickly . |
| 10 | ‘ Only because I could n't work out how you were doing it , ’ I said , and she laughed some more and asked if I wanted to join her friends . |
| 11 | sitting on the bed in my old room last night , I found I could n't work out how I felt about Hilda dying . |
| 12 | Paul could n't get over how his headmaster had been just to see him which made him feel very important which I thank you for . |
| 13 | She went out his wife , shopping left him tinkering with this scooter came back , could n't get in then she did get in and he was dead on the floor ! |
| 14 | Blanche could n't remember later how they kissed first . |
| 15 | I could n't figure out why our spirits were supposed to have bodies and exist in the physical world of cars and houses . |
| 16 | ‘ We held a Victorian Fair at the weekend and many people who previously lived in the town and were back visiting could n't believe how much it has deteriorated . ’ |
| 17 | There was a long pause then Rachel went on , ‘ Ian was n't prepared to put up with that , and I decided if his understanding would n't stretch that far I was better off without him . ’ |
| 18 | You see I think if I I 'm trying to en envisage it , if you are erm you , you live in an area and er there have been some er outbreaks of violence of , you know , a nasty nature , some people have been killed , there 's been sort of erm disruption and er and so on , I do n't know how you 'd feel , I think you may feel erm a bit concerned about this , you 'd see things breaking down and you would n't see quite where it 's going to , to lead . |
| 19 | I ca n't stress enough how we would love to get a hundred percent response for the parties from all our branches , so get the balloons and the collecting bins out please and please make the most of the idea . |
| 20 | And if he ca n't manage then then it 's up to him what he does . |
| 21 | I ca n't think where well it must be somewhere in the office . |
| 22 | I mean , I ca n't think where else she 's gone and she knows she 'll get into the most dreadful trouble if she turns up now without a good excuse . ’ |
| 23 | Now admittedly , the T four bacterial is a very simple organism , it ca n't leap about so it does n't need senses or a brain to direct it , or muscles or anything like that , it ca n't repair itself or change itself once it 's been made , therefore it does n't need to digest food , er to , to have an immune system or anything like that to repair itself or put itself to rights , it does n't need anything like that . |
| 24 | And it 's also got limited facilities about what you can and what you ca n't do there so there are problems there . |
| 25 | But because their kids ca n't go abroad then they get a letter through to say like you know they are going on camp would they be interested . |
| 26 | I ca n't put down exactly what she was like , only words that summon her to my mind , and this worries me , but it does n't really matter , since I know what she looked like , and this is being written just for me anyway . |
| 27 | This helps , she says — ‘ you ca n't see how far you might fall . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah he was to go through this morning to get my project , no say me in trouble , I 'm in deep , I do n't know , ooh er , I ca n't see so how we all today ? |
| 29 | Yeah he was to go through this morning to get my project , no say me in trouble , I 'm in deep , I do n't know , ooh er , I ca n't see so how we all today ? |
| 30 | The obvious way is through the voters register , erm as to whether as I say I do n't know , ca n't remember exactly where we got the details of the occupant from but t in the course of that evening the details of the occupants were found . |