Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] [Wh adv] you [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , navigation would be a problem — especially since you could not predict where you would arrive . |
| 2 | Because I could n't countenance how you could stay under water without being asphyxiated , and yet at the same time I was incapable of comprehending the trick . |
| 3 | You were so stubborn about it , you just kept saying everything was all right , and it was n't , it was getting worse all the time , and I could n't understand why you could n't see it . |
| 4 | I could n't see how you could get a lot of maths into physics on the grounds of the experience I 'd had in school . |
| 5 | blah , blah , blah , recommended that interview have been in both directions despite in this difficult across , and I could n't say when you could do that at midday , but the implication is you have to do it when you |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't think why you should want to buy any more clothes — you look delightful in that dress . ’ |
| 7 | Yes that 's right I just ca n't think how you 'd |
| 8 | If doing a deal with another company will help you to get their records out to people then I ca n't see why you should n't do it . |
| 9 | Erm it may be that it it is sensible to make that discount and would only ap apply to Scarborough dis district , but as for the rest of the additional elements of er environmental discount that should be applied , I ca n't see why you should apply a discount in relation to agricultural land . |
| 10 | I ca n't see how you can score against the north east sector on that respect , er because there is there is no station currently serving the south west sector that I 'm aware of , so clearly in both cases you need to provide a new station . |
| 11 | I ca n't see how you could be conscious , without it matters , but it 's interesting you know the hearing tests we were talking about . |
| 12 | ‘ I still ca n't understand why you wo n't take the flat , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I thought you were a caring sort of person , I ca n't understand why you wo n't speak to me now . |
| 14 | I ca n't understand how you can have such an extraordinarily benign view of the universe . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Buzz , I ca n't understand how you can eat anything after these huge , delicious French lunches . |
| 16 | Chairman , I ca n't imagine how you could possibly contemplate that . |
| 17 | I just ca n't imagine how you could rhythm if it 's like that I suppose you got ta s start with them all running but still |
| 18 | " I ca n't imagine how you can be so ungrateful , child , " she said between coughing fits . |
| 19 | She said , " I really can not imagine why you should react like this . |
| 20 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I really can not see how you can repair them . |
| 22 | As for your complaint that you do not get out enough , I can not see how you can justify it . |