Example sentences of "[vb infin] i [modal v] not do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think I would n't do it , if I could ? |
| 2 | Heart-throb Nigel , who has played consultant Julian Chapman for three years , said last night : ‘ If I carried on playing Julian people would assume I could n't do anything else . |
| 3 | But it 's all for the rest of my life , an important fact for me , and to say , OK , I do n't need it any more , it has to be a very strong and bad change inside Kirov , I will be so upset or so unoptimistic or so helpless that I will feel I can not do anything more . |
| 4 | Even though I 've got the option of not doing it , I do n't really feel I could not do it , because I feel I ought to do it . |
| 5 | Er I , I was going in the evening you know , doing the tailoring class but of course my illnesses have stopped me doing all of that and made me realize I ca n't do it all . |
| 6 | Well I could n't take I could n't do nowt about it at all so I went to see t head of firm and Aye , he says , it 's bad , he says , we do n't know to do things like that . |
| 7 | It does n't mean I wo n't do them all ! 'Course I will . |
| 8 | There is a closing sequence now the reason that you were able to close in the manner that you did with that bloke is a natural ability , but if I 've said to you to teach somebody else it you would say I can not do it , but I ca n't teach somebody else , because you 're not actually aware of the sequence that you 're working , can you see what I 'm saying to you ? |