Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb mod] n't [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folk living near the social club at Uttoxeter , Staffs , claimed they could n't hear the telly for the strains of Danny Boy and On The Sunny Side of the Street . |
| 2 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 3 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 4 | He said they wo n't know no different he said then that 'll rectify you 're eighty |
| 5 | Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience : |
| 6 | We said they could n't have the corpse if we did n't get it — that 's by the by — but it 's understood by both sides that this is the last of such meetings . |
| 7 | Connelly hoped they could n't hear the desperation in his voice . |
| 8 | ‘ If they do n't meet the standards which the Government set they should n't have a licence , ’ he said . |