Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not even hook a fish , for the disturbance of retrieving a float through such shallow water , so close to the fish , would be sure to scare them . |
| 2 | I 've got all the countries blanks might not oh I might not even have the countries on but if you had blanks you could put countries in , that 'll be easier than |
| 3 | But I could n't yet leave the phone and dash into the other room and give it to Sally . |
| 4 | I could n't yet hear the jungle drums that told you where to go on any particular day . |
| 5 | I could n't always swi , I could n't even switch a light till |
| 6 | I could n't even manage the children — friends took them for odd days . |
| 7 | I could n't even manage the simplest of manipulations involving extra-sensory perception . |
| 8 | At one stage , I could n't even pay a medical bill for one of the children . |
| 9 | I could n't even answer the phone . |
| 10 | I could n't even use a tin-opener . ’ |
| 11 | Which I could n't even remember a German reporter . |
| 12 | Personally I could n't even understand the titles , but Kenneth is a tenacious ( not to say obsessive ) man once he gets the bit between his teeth . |
| 13 | Yeah , I could n't even fight the thought that she 'd asked him at no what I mean . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't even have a separation because I know what damage that does to the children and I would never , never , never break up the home for their sake . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway , ’ she added with a rueful look , ‘ I could n't even get a cup of tea . |
| 16 | It towered so far above me I could n't even see the top of it . |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't even find the place we were raking . ’ |
| 18 | I would n't begin to know how to sail those luggers or caiques , in fact I could n't even sail a dinghy if you paid me . |
| 19 | I could n't even put the film in properly ! |
| 20 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 21 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 22 | I , I , I could n't really give a figure I mean Mr he , he would 've soon told you , the manager down below . |
| 23 | I could n't really fault the Stylus 800 . |
| 24 | Apparently even if I was within the time limit of twenty-eight weeks ' pregnancy — which of course I 'm not — I could n't possibly stand an eight-hour flight ; I 've got a touch of toxaemia — ’ |
| 25 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 26 | I could n't possibly get the peg in the door before he got his foot in it . |
| 27 | I could n't possibly have a divorce . |
| 28 | I could not even say a prayer . |
| 29 | Well , I could not simply shake the chairman by the hand so warmly proffered . |
| 30 | There are different hazards in different countries , and in this book I could not possibly cover every health and safety risk in every country of the world . |