Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the speakers was suggesting that a proposal should be judged on its merits when it comes forward for approval to the registering authority and that if it does n't fit into the set pattern , that should n't necessarily debar it . |
2 | I think the peasants may not immediately sort of , I mean they wou they would have sort of linked together |
3 | The exclusive " Annie Thompson " design had only a small flap — that was adequate in normal circumstances — but near disaster in an emergency , when I could not even resort to the era of the " Flapper " in her cami-knickers , and go down one leg . |
4 | I could not even bayonet an effigy of Kaiser Bill convincingly . |
5 | The first phases of the campaign were exclusively naval operations , since it had been assumed by the British War Cabinet and the French that a naval force could not only bombard and destroy the Turkish forts on the peninsula but in some way occupy Constantinople . |
6 | yeah it might be , I do n't know , I think usually Roy does that but I think Dave 's doing it this year or something erm er that tends to be , that tended to be something that I had difficulty with as a student because again you could n't just sort of find one book that , that covered the lecture course |
7 | You could n't possibly part with him , there 'll never be another animal like him , and when your pony goes , there goes your childhood . |
8 | The Labour party plans a vast and sprawling bureaucracy which will need not just county hall , but Battersea power station , to house the thousands of officials required to carry out the wishes of Labour 's public sector trade union paymasters . |
9 | He would not willingly part with his leading actress , his Asshe heir : and as friendly Mrs Gracie had said , he could not now refuse Paul and herself permission to marry . |
10 | Where she is and what she 's doing , you would n't just sort of , take her off and |
11 | You would n't really sort of come out with things like that to your parents … you sort of do it less . |
12 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
13 | Ca n't even crap like white people . |
14 | we ca n't just sort of |
15 | I ca n't just sort of |
16 | You ca n't just sort of think think about North America get it in isolation , you got ta look basically as E er Euro P L C market place . |
17 | Not very erm easy to er when you , you ca n't just sort of er and Sue being you know , the type of person she is she 's erm only gon na do it er very enthusiastically , is n't |
18 | I ca n't just sort of well I think |
19 | Well the theory is that you do n't , in metal type if you have a line of caps you ca n't just jamb another line right under the baseline because there has to be room for the ascenders , descenders . |
20 | You know , I ca n't exactly sort of quote you word for word . |
21 | So you ca n't actually sort of get a licence to have an all out blues party with ganja . |
22 | Ca n't really cycle with a floating skirt on either , can you ? |
23 | because I have n't seen any of your written work so I ca n't really sort of erm er dispense any advice yet er |
24 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
25 | But you ca n't really sort of put your finger on any |
26 | It 's no good him taking the bridge down out now , because he ca n't put the wall ca n't really re-brick there now much too wet ! |
27 | say Chris , it 's not that he ca n't though Madge , he just wo n't |
28 | Most chlorine additives will not easily air strip . |
29 | And he says that the registers will not just impact on companies owning the land included . |
30 | Goslings will not only imprint themselves on human beings or geese , but also on inanimate objects such as a cardboard box , a rubber ball , or even a flashing light . |