Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] n't [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it just goes to show , ’ Ruth said , ‘ that they were right when they said emigrants should n't wait to leave until they were too far gone in poverty , but should go while they still have enough to provision themselves . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted to say , you see , that I know you thought Frannie should n't have gone , and that it 's ruined your holiday plans , and , on behalf of us all , I 'm sorry . |
| 3 | Winchester is ‘ on ’ the M3 , so anyone going to the game from anywhere but the south coast should n't have to divert much , if at all . |
| 4 | But Pam Tatlow says the club should n't have invited the other politicians if they wanted to steer clear of controversy . |
| 5 | Britta could n't help smiling . |
| 6 | Leith could n't help feeling extremely sorry for her , especially when she discovered that Rosemary , brought up believing that marriages were forever , could not accept that her marriage was over — even though it had ended up such a disaster and Derek was now asking for a divorce . |
| 7 | Bernice could n't face eating any of the uncooked or rotten food . |
| 8 | Bernice could n't help staring at that head . |
| 9 | It was almost as if the agent could n't get rid of her fast enough . |
| 10 | Faldo could n't have had any idea of the tropical storm brewing when he and Norman exchanged birdies at the first two holes . |
| 11 | The priest could n't have looked more relieved if he had completed a mission to those that dwell in the waters that are below the earth . |
| 12 | Rosa 's susceptibilities could n't have worried him overmuch where Didi was concerned , Luce thought waspishly . |
| 13 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 14 | Bob could n't stop staring at her , even though he had his arm round Tessa . |
| 15 | But the gang knew about financial developments which had taken place since the kidnapping , things Ruggiero could n't have known about . |
| 16 | Schelenberg could n't help saying it , he liked the man so much . |
| 17 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 18 | On the walk back to Daphne 's flat Becky could n't help feeling a little guilty about deserting Charlie on his first night home and began to think perhaps it had been selfish of her to accept an invitation to go to a concert with Guy that night . |
| 19 | No wonder Didi could n't wait to wear it ; it was truly magnificent . |
| 20 | Sorrel could n't have made more than a grand so far that morning . |
| 21 | When Gloria came , pattering across the ward in all her best , Dot could n't bear to see her pretty face and turned away on the pillow with shut eyes . |
| 22 | The fall itself did n't kill her — it was hitting her head on the stanchion ; Georgina could n't have planned that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But Jeff could n't have done this . ’ |
| 24 | It seems clear , however , that Chatterton need n't have had prodigious talent for the talent expended in the novel to take effect . |
| 25 | Otherwise your trainer would n't have entered them . |
| 26 | Bonanza would n't have gone to all that trouble to set up a deal like you 're imagining . ’ , |
| 27 | The sensuous mouth ca n't fail to put you under starter 's orders ? ’ |
| 28 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 29 | I told you about what she was like when the car would n't start did n't I ? |
| 30 | That is , if the pupil had not braked , then if the instructor had n't , the car would n't have stopped . |