Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I could n't leave them you see with the war on .
2 I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right .
3 I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it .
4 I could n't tell them they were n't the first . ’
5 I do n't know , I could n't tell you I really do n't know
6 It like sh , I could n't believe it she was she 's so conservative !
7 I and I could n't believe it I actually did it right .
8 yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred
9 well I could n't believe it when we went to Jersey and he was out of money and I could n't believe it he ai n't got any money
10 ‘ When I could n't find you I thought maybe you 'd run off with the professor . ’
11 I could n't forgive you him . ’
12 I could n't persuade her we 're not . ’
13 If I could not get it I became irritable . ’
14 I need n't use 'em I mean
15 ‘ If I were you I would n't tell them you have .
16 I would n't charge I I I 'd try and get as much as I could off him cos he was working .
17 Sixty six she was , so in we go , and it 's got open to the general public , so this man said to her something about I ca n't serve you I 've had a robbery , she said I do n't know why they advertise it on the window if he 's , if he 's not prepared to serve me and when I looked round there was all the taken over , they had a burglary .
18 oh well , we ca n't very well be whether Julie said she liked boys to go out with her , go , and we provisionally booked , I think it was the last week in February , we got quite a bit on , I said er if I ca n't make it I 'll ring you , but then , oh that was it she rung me up , and she said Lynnie
19 I ca n't stand it me , do you like it
20 I ca n't chase you I 'm far too old .
21 I ca n't eat it I do n't think so he had a big lunch
22 I ca n't drink it you , I still have a drink yet
23 staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ?
24 Right I ca n't do it I give up .
25 Or I ca n't do it I have to scribble .
26 I ca n't do it I sha n't be here this week I 'll be in Belgium .
27 No I ca n't do it I have n't got these !
28 But Rufus has held them close , and I ca n't tell him he 's wasting his time .
29 I ca n't tell her I 've never been in love .
30 and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out .
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