Example sentences of "the [noun sg] he [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his tuggings with the wrench he could n't get the screw to shift . |
| 2 | The dog was watering the delphiniums and I was on my knees and elbows , bottom in the air , trying to push the ashtray in from a different angle , in the hope he would n't notice it , when the garden gate creaked open — it was the postman . |
| 3 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 4 | Christo in that car in the dark he ca n't work late , I ca n't get you over there in that car . |
| 5 | Against the wind he ca n't get any er meat behind the clearance . |
| 6 | If I have the heat up very high in the bedroom he ca n't sleep . |
| 7 | It was n't the hard work he minded , he liked work , he liked long hours , he did n't want to slack off : it was the anxiety he could n't stand . |
| 8 | A red biplane from Crowfield had taken off and gone into a loop when he came out of the loop he could n't pull the plane level and he crashed into a field . |
| 9 | On the spur of the moment he could n't think of another Christian name . |
| 10 | At the moment he could n't say more than that , but he was thinking about it . |
| 11 | If a road sweeper kills the king he ca n't expect to get the same gratuity as a general . |
| 12 | I mean obviously on the whole he ca n't guarantee what sort of priest we 're going to get , but the whole meeting was quite positive . |
| 13 | Even as Philip pushed the boy to the ground he could n't believe it was him that was doing it . |
| 14 | We 'll go out for a drive probably out an hour , whereas years ago the horse used to come out the stable at seven in the morning he would n't go back till probably five at night . |
| 15 | Did the salary make it the offer he could n't refuse ? |
| 16 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 17 | The man he would n't have a use for is now lending a hand . ’ |
| 18 | Well , go on , do n't stop there , I 'm sure the rest is just as fascinating — presumably that , yes , you knew Ryan , but when you flew over to find out why the hell he could n't get something so simple as planning permission you decided to do something about it yourself , and there was gullible little Hilary , all ready and waiting to fall into your arms . |
| 19 | But once the fighting begins , with Falstaff in shameless prose ( the soliloquy describing how he has led his ‘ ragamuffins where they are pepper 'd ’ ) , Hal enters in the heroic medium and rebukes him for his idleness ( the cowardice he ca n't see , as we can ) : ‘ What , standst thou idle here ? |
| 20 | He ca n't go , that 's the reason he ca n't go you see but he 's going |
| 21 | If Alex James just ran up and down the pitch a couple of times and said , ‘ Right , that 's my lot for today ’ , Whittaker knew the reason he could n't do any more was because his legs were covered in bruises , as they frequently were . |
| 22 | For the , you know the reason he could n't move . |
| 23 | There had to be somebody around , although from the state of the path he would n't have laid any bets on it being a gardener . |
| 24 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
| 25 | I should have known from the way he could n't finish off this simple word that , a few days later , they would part . |
| 26 | When he was inside the house , Culley noticed the characteristic he would n't have guessed at . |
| 27 | ‘ But if there is any doubt about him by the weekend he wo n't run . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I believe we loved each other , but when it came to the crunch he could n't leave the priesthood . ’ |
| 29 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
| 30 | We must have looked pathetic because the man paused , looking at us , then he turned to Dad and said if Dad promised to call at the office he would n't report the matter . |