Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] your [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't drag your name through the divorce courts , even if we could ever … ’ |
| 2 | No , I could n't reach your pile ! |
| 3 | Then we got Brian back — ’ Brian ! — ‘ because I could n't stand your father worrying that he 'd fall down a rock face . ’ |
| 4 | I have n't got that , and of course I could n't run your version of setver unless I had setver cos it would say incorrect DOS version . |
| 5 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't have your patience , darling ! |
| 6 | I could n't see your car parked anywhere so assumed you must be out . |
| 7 | But I would n't waste your pity on her if I were you . |
| 8 | And like I 'll try to him basically I would n't waste your time |
| 9 | So I would n't hold your breath for them to move . |
| 10 | I would n't accept your charity , ’ Robbie said distractedly . |
| 11 | So I would n't accept your description justified . |
| 12 | I would n't ask your father , but your mother would , I 'm sure , be up in arms . |
| 13 | I ca n't reach your pump . |
| 14 | And I ca n't stand your treachery and deceit ! |
| 15 | No , I ca n't do your homework ! |
| 16 | The advantage of the professional help ( i.e. from the yard owner or manager ) is that it is guaranteed ; you know you wo n't get a panicky phone call saying ‘ Sorry , I ca n't do your horse because my car 's broken down/the kids are ill . ’ |
| 17 | I know you never considered Madeleine was the right girl for me and no one in this whole world knows me as well as you do , so I ca n't ignore your opinion , even though I 'd like to . |
| 18 | ‘ Copper Blue ’ , meanwhile , is released on September 7 and features nine tracks including ‘ Changes ’ , live favourite ‘ Helpless ’ and a new version of ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ . |
| 19 | Virtually every track is a winner , though it 's the optimistic ones which shine through initially , like the recent ( prophetic ) single ‘ Changes ’ with its sinewy lead guitar line , and Side Two 's poppy ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ . |
| 20 | There are still glimpses of Mould 's feeling of uselessness — if not with himself , then with his relationship with other people , borne out by the aforementioned ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ and the earlier ‘ Helpless ’ . |
| 21 | I ca n't answer your question about why we encourage them to go out . |
| 22 | ‘ I — I ca n't leave your mother alone . ’ |
| 23 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 24 | I ca n't read your handwriting . |
| 25 | Either that or I ca n't read your writing properly . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't read your future , you know . |
| 27 | So for example w I ca n't remember your name who 's the girl next to you ? |
| 28 | I ca n't remember your surname , I 've got ta be honest . |
| 29 | sorry I ca n't remember your surname and put to Glenys , on the si , I think it 's . |
| 30 | ‘ If I ca n't find your father and talk to him , I must ask you , my dear child — you are still a child , appearances to the contrary — to come home with us of your own accord . ’ |