Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] i [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | The epidural numbs you from the waist down so I could n't feel any of the contractions . |
2 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
3 | See if its sweet enough , I 'm not putting much sugar in and I ca n't carry both in , I dare n't carry any thing in with me left arm yet |
4 | And you put those in and I ca n't remember where . |
5 | What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? |
6 | Let me read out roughly what I 've got down here , it is the the pr presentation and er er sorry I 've scribbled down and I ca n't read my scribble altogether , I know it 's |
7 | Mm it all looks a bit weird upside down cos I ca n't see out of my no that 's fine . |
8 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
9 | The roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in but I dare not start on it just yet — the house must take priority . |
10 | Well I could still get in but I could n't lock the door say no bugger off . |
11 | I would never have taken anything out of that book that you had put in because I would n't have known what it was about . |
12 | Dad had been right ; it was foggy and getting thicker so I had to slow down because I could n't see where I was going . |
13 | I hope there 's nothing going on that I would n't like . ’ |
14 | I passed through and I could not get back … ’ |
15 | Yeah I did that at school we had to stay in most break times as a child cos I could n't remember , and I , I know that my mum bought me a books so I used to sit for days and days , then my mum going over and then my nan going over and I could n't remember if I wanted |
16 | I fell down , knocked me walking-frame over and I could n't get meself up again . |
17 | ‘ Others go over but I would n't set foot there even in the height of summer ! |
18 | Now it seems to me I accept difficulties f for , for some people , but on the whole it 's working quite well and to shuffle it all round again I think would irritate a large number of members and we 're irritated by the changes that you made earlier on and I would n't wish to bring any down on your your head for the |
19 | ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this . |
20 | I have this agreement in America which I am prepared to fulfil but there 's all these things going on and I ca n't pass any comment . ’ |
21 | That 's something that we do have to work on and I ca n't emphasize it too strongly . |
22 | At Le Manoir there is always too much going on and I ca n't concentrate — I am constantly being interrupted . ’ |
23 | My youngest girl has just been operated on and I could n't believe she only had two stitches . |
24 | As I say all these poem 's are very dense and erm if I get round to , to completing them they 'll probably have at least another verse , certainly extra words and rhymes , that open it out and make it a bit more plausible Ours in the night , no I 've got it wrong , sorry , I 've moved on and I should n't 've done |
25 | They slipped off so I would n't approach her , which I had no intention of doing at all . ’ |
26 | And erm so we set off and I ca n't remember which village it was but it was towards the Humber Estuary somewhere and it was what I call a cul-de-sac village . |
27 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
28 | Oh well there 's one with lo two lovely flowers on but I ca n't see any on the , any of the other plants . |
29 | ‘ I looked up so I would n't look down and get scared . ’ |
30 | But he has held his hands up and I would n't swap him for anyone . ’ |