Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [not/n't] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish can not swim fast enough for long enough and so can not porpoise — but they do not need to surface for air and so can swim at depth to reduce drag . |
| 2 | Statute and Common Law Alone Can not Control Nations |
| 3 | Well , you know I just ca n't sort of let it go on . |
| 4 | I just ca n't Lauren . |
| 5 | Dr Robert Answers your queries From the hum that just wo n't buck , to the buck that barely hums … |
| 6 | Well then should n't fathers think about it before they produce the children ? |
| 7 | What this adds up to , then , is the claim that if there existed an organism which either could not act or whose actions made no difference to its perceptions then not only would that organism not be cognisant , it could never become cognisant . |
| 8 | Er Mr Major pretends it 's his but Mr Patten , if I understand Mr Patten rightly , says the country ca n't afford it , so here again if they ca n't afford it , I certainly ca n't county , county must afford er at least the six hundred and thirty five thousand which is in our proposals er that will be nine , sixty five in a full year , to find nine hundred and twenty extra places . |
| 9 | I s certainly shall not stint in my praise of the fund and I would like to add my congratulations on behalf of the government at the recognition that the charities aid foundation has granted to the fund in making it er the charity of the year this year . |