Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I should n't think anyone steals a march on Bobby Anscombe . ’ |
| 2 | I could n't bring myself to tell a small boy of his age that his pet was probably going to die . |
| 3 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 4 | My mate was over seventy , so I could n't let him lift a horse 's foot after ‘ knocking-off ’ time : I actually shoed the two horses . |
| 5 | He 'd never had a name as a chaser and I could n't imagine him picking a time like this to start . |
| 6 | Clare 's partner was a just-divorced man who talked endlessly about ‘ that bitch who need n't think she has a free meal ticket for life ’ , then took Clare to dance at Annabel 's , London 's most expensive new nightclub . |
| 7 | I would n't want her to have a rough time . ’ |
| 8 | But it would n't hurt you to take a look at it . |
| 9 | ‘ It would n't hurt you to do a bit , ’ said Nelly roundly . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've seen them — women like that monstrous Gabriela — push their husbands to ingratiate themselves with the Leader 's henchmen here , I 've seen the feasts they 've laid — like traps — very effective traps — those men , they 're nothing but walking bellies with fists-they grab , hit , grab , swallow , hit , the scum , I would n't lower myself to share a table with them . |
| 11 | where they did n't like the Christmas , not the modern parents where they , they would n't let them have a Christmas tree , the erm the critics is was erm oh what was that about ? |
| 12 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 13 | So that he ca n't see what 's going on , cos she thinks if he do n't see what 's going on he wo n't bark , but he cries but I mean she should n't have them there , she 's never here so she should n't have them , I mean look at the trouble Alan had to get Jessie , because they worked , but Emma goes home every lunch time to see to Jessie from the bank , but I mean the woman one of them would n't let her have a dog , one kennels , which is how it should be , but I mean this one breed those three herself so , yeah I mean if you breed dogs yourself and you have three in the house of the same breed , what the hell do you want an alsatian for , as well but the whole point is she do n't have them as enjoyment , she do n't have them as company |
| 14 | She suddenly saw how selfish she had been , and knew at last the answer to the thing that had puzzled her for so long — why her mummy , who had been a keen Brownie Guider and loved Brownies , would n't let her join a Pack . |
| 15 | As far as the exceptions to the policy is concerned , we , again I I would n't say we had a strong feeling on this , but on balance I think it that if it is considered that they are needed they would probably be better dealt with in a separate policy . |
| 16 | As he is a nobleman 's son , I know he would n't like me to accept a gift from anyone . |
| 17 | In normal circumstances , I would n't ask you to break a confidence . |
| 18 | But I 'm sure the owner would n't mind you offering a cup of coffee to your own cousin . ’ |
| 19 | Well of course Miss MacDonald would n't have would n't mind you to keep a book for quite a long time . |
| 20 | And secondly , if she did n't see what she thought she was going to see , she would n't trust herself to keep a straight face . |
| 21 | Ca n't leave her to spend a solitary Christmas … |
| 22 | His attendance has been confirmed by Disney but , as one organiser admitted , ‘ I ca n't see him eating a burger . ’ |
| 23 | But Chris I ca n't see them I ca n't see them making a fire like that that your heat 's gon na go all up the chimney , no way . |
| 24 | " Hurry home , now — we ca n't have you catching a chill . " |
| 25 | I ca n't let him organize a search party . |
| 26 | ‘ But it wo n't avail you of anything — I sha n't allow you near a phone . ’ |
| 27 | I sha n't let her do a thing , cause I 'll be two steps afront of her all the time . ’ |
| 28 | Behind her , Joshua said cheerfully , ‘ It wo n't hurt us to eat a bit later for once . |
| 29 | Their realism wo n't help you explain a hundredth part of the real events which have actually occurred . |
| 30 | He wo n't let them see a gay man cry . |