Example sentences of "they [modal v] n't [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says it 's all about giving the children an opportunity to play with things they could n't normally play with . |
| 2 | ‘ Until then , they could n't even ask for a glass of water or to go to the toilet . |
| 3 | I do n't mind the half past nine , half past , but I do feel concerned about those older people , who 've already said they they could n't possibly get for half past nine . |
| 4 | They could n't half do with a goal now . |
| 5 | They could n't really disapprove of him , though they longed to , because he 's studying for the ministry . ’ |
| 6 | It 's just one of those things that happens at parties ; people do get drunk and they do do things they would n't normally think of . |
| 7 | We got we 've got I could have twenty five sales execs sitting er in the Newca Tyne and Wear area put it that way on on across those products and they would n't even bump into each other . |
| 8 | In most cases when a game is acquired illegally , they would n't even think about buying the game if copying was impossible . |
| 9 | Why , only a couple of weeks ago you were saying you hoped they would n't even meet at the Family Day ; now you 're suggesting that she actually goes and stays where he works . |
| 10 | ‘ I hear things are so bad between the prince and princess , they ca n't even bear to be in the same room as one another , ’ said an estate worker . |
| 11 | oh I love their platform shoes , I mean they 're fucking rub they ca n't even walk in them . |
| 12 | I mean they ca n't even go to the shops sometimes and they 're not safe . |
| 13 | If they ca n't even agree on that , how can they possibly agree on other , more important , things ? ’ |
| 14 | I 'm saying is , is you ought to get very close to that geographical map because it 's the logistic logistics er difficulty with getting , and you ought to know where there are mountains and where there are valleys and the fact that that , in South Wales they ca n't just go across country , they have to go back down the valley after the M four and up again . |
| 15 | Well the tom tiddlers of British political life I suppose write their memoirs for a couple of reasons because they ca n't ever admit to themselves they are tom tiddlers . |
| 16 | They ca n't never tell about him , except he 's a big shadow and shapeless . |
| 17 | But , if they give up , they ca n't really contribute to the better quality of society . |
| 18 | On my experience dealing with people is however forgetful they get you know nursing homes or residential homes or whatever and they ca n't really remember from one corresponding conversation to the next they still remember that they 've got two children and that they own a bank account . |
| 19 | I do n't mean that Elgar is a sensuous composer , but I mean the fluidity of Elgar , which is very much his style , which we admire and which is part and parcel of our sort of heritage , they do n't see the point of it , they ca n't really enter into the spirit of it . |
| 20 | She likes the company of young people and finds they often talk to her about things they ca n't always discuss at home . |
| 21 | Erm as you say Ian large vehicles , they ca n't possibly go round them . |
| 22 | You will have to ask them — they wo n't even talk to us . |
| 23 | They wo n't even walk down the road |