Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] [vb mod] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the adventurers realise that they ca n't outrun the mist , it coalesces into three cowled figures . |
| 2 | And then you do it , and it is hell , and you realise that you ca n't cope . ’ |
| 3 | I THOUGHT it was terrific when David JoHansen of the New York Dolls delivered such quips a : ‘ Who cares about the music when one has such sense of drama ? ’ and , ‘ We do n't play too good but we can dance as bad as we want , ’ and ‘ We do n't hold concerts — we throw parties ! ’ , and ‘ It does n't bother us when people say that we ca n't play , when we met we actually could n't , ’ etc , etc , but all these sweeping statements were launched in 1973 , and when those same epigrams are repeated three years later by lesser mortals ( i.e. Sex Pistols , Runaways , Ramones and Kiss ) , things begin to look synthetic . |
| 4 | Some teachers say that they ca n't leave out attractive or valuable items on open display in classrooms and corridors in case of theft or damage . |
| 5 | But they say that they wo n't come off when you go swimming , and you take your clothes on and off . |
| 6 | A lot of people say that you should n't hack young horses out on their own for months , if at all , but I 've always preferred the theory that if horses do n't learn to go out alone from the start you set up problems for later on . |
| 7 | Yeah well if they say that I would n't say I would n't pick them up . |
| 8 | " Aye — but if there 's anything you want that they ca n't get you. ? " |
| 9 | And that 's their right and so you think of something else we you 're not allowed to take them out of a favourite lesson , you 're not allowed to say you are going to miss your football or a P E P E teachers and the football teachers , quite rightly , say if you ca n't keep discipline in your class why why should we be penalized ? |
| 10 | I just put the title ‘ Division ’ on the board and they immediately wail that they ca n't do it . |
| 11 | Elderly people who worry that they ca n't afford VAT on fuel are putting their lives at risk by buying second hand paraffin heaters . |
| 12 | Call me an egotistical slime , but I only want to preserve the purity and integrity of the current alternative , and hope that it wo n't pass through the mass-media grinder into the mainstream , where it will eventually be recalled as one more passive , stupid fashion . |
| 13 | Erm , I hope that I wo n't detain the council for too long , I 'm sure that this motion er wo n't be controversial . |
| 14 | I hope that you wo n't think I am rushing in , for I assure you that I am no fool , unlike certain other people . |
| 15 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
| 16 | He must know I worry if I ca n't see it . |
| 17 | Tim , please stop cos I ca n't hear daddy think let alone hear him talk . |
| 18 | You could n't fool him , we used to play hide and seek and you could n't fool him . |
| 19 | when the , when , when noise is too loud they just cut cos they ca n't cope with it . |
| 20 | There 's nothing he can do but hope because he ca n't put 30-year-old heads on young shoulders . |
| 21 | Except the brain is screaming for more dopamine , so you overdose because you ca n't accept that the drug is n't working any longer , and it 's then that cocaine starts doing its other things to you . |
| 22 | I used to lie awake and worry because I could n't sleep . |
| 23 | I mean if you ca n't get it quite quickly and get to grips with it , do n't waste time on it . |
| 24 | Well yeah and you do n't get nothing out case somebody come look or I ca n't put all me washing round like you know ? |
| 25 | ‘ More people now appreciate that you ca n't look at a relationship and say , ‘ It has n't got a hope ’ . |
| 26 | On the one hand , long serving committee members complain that they ca n't find anyone to take on their work after perhaps years of occupying their post . |
| 27 | At some point you 're gon na have something happen that you would n't want repeated , something that did n't work out . |
| 28 | I accept that I ca n't marry you now that I 'm poor . |
| 29 | Once I got used to the screen , I found that it was OK to use , but I suspect that it would n't suit everybody . |
| 30 | This was the first time and it was pressure of work that we have n't done it for you to see it earlier , this is not normal so just forgive this one time and we need n't spend any more thought on it because next time it it going to be different and it always has been different . |