Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ? |
| 2 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 3 | For example , I knew I could n't squat for fifteen minutes on a bed or a floor . |
| 4 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 5 | I mean I could n't walk for any great distance with it but I 'm going to have taxis . |
| 6 | Appearance fits , though I suppose in court I could n't swear for stone-cold certain . |
| 7 | I could n't sleep for three days — I 'm not exaggerating . |
| 8 | I 'm sixty-one as it is and , truth told , I could n't work for one of them . ’ |
| 9 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |
| 10 | Oh I could n't say for that . |
| 11 | Oh I could n't say for that . |
| 12 | Oh I could n't say for that . |
| 13 | I could n't read for ten minutes before . |
| 14 | Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life … |
| 15 | I could not sleep for sheer fatigue . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe you really have lost your memory or you 'd know I would n't fall for that . |
| 17 | I would not suggest for one moment that they existed here . |
| 18 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 19 | All the same , I would expect and ( I anticipate ) receive agreement from the Chancellor to two propositions : first , I would wish the ‘ real ’ budget to be maintained , though I would not argue for any test of ‘ reality ’ other than the rough and ready conventional scale used for measuring inflation ; and secondly , I would seek to agree a modest and gradual increase in that ‘ real ’ budget . |
| 20 | I ca n't talk for other sports but I can stress again that we 've got the highest ratio of black members of any golf body in the world . |
| 21 | So I ca n't speak for that obviously . |
| 22 | said , if I ca n't come for that typewriter then I 've sold it , he said I , I told her if she wanted it she 'd got to come and collect it and he said and nobody asked for it , I said well I know |
| 23 | I ca n't imagine for one minute what it must have been like to raise children here . |
| 24 | I ca n't remember for certain but I think my wage was £2 per week . |
| 25 | First of all , as I say , we only deal through motor traders anyway , and there is this liability that the motor trade have anyway , and obviously if if something like that has happened it 's going to occur fairly rapidly , but certainly within three months or three thousand miles , and obviously the owner of the vehicle has a redress to the dealer and obviously if there 's one of our policies on it we would probably accept liability on that , although I ca n't say for definite . |
| 26 | In fact I ca n't say for certain that it ever arrived . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't say for certain . |
| 28 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |
| 29 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 30 | I ca n't believe for one minute that Perry would really give it up to be a video director . |