Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [vb infin] [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must n't tell him you 've seen me — that 's all over and done with . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm not saying we should n't do it I 'm saying we do n't do it . |
| 3 | It spoils them dear , you should n't throw them I can smell a smell |
| 4 | Chris insists that you should n't give them anything you 're not prepared to eat yourself . |
| 5 | I 'm not really doing that right because I mean I should n't agree I What you say is right whether I agree with it or not . |
| 6 | I could n't leave them you see with the war on . |
| 7 | And instead , instead of telling the woman I I pretended to eat it could n't finish it I put it down the lift shaft . |
| 8 | You 'd have to take them all in to be examined , then see if there was any fraying around the trousers and you had n't reported it , for ordinary wear and tear had to be reported and then taken in for repair — you could n't repair it yourself . |
| 9 | She goes in the thirteenth and hopefully will be out the twenty third , I realize this is a big operation but I want Cheryl to come along anyway , book the table , stay with us , come with us If she could n't make it which she 'll be in so I do understand that |
| 10 | I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right . |
| 11 | I could n't tell them they were n't the first . ’ |
| 12 | You were unconscious and could n't tell them anything . |
| 13 | so one council 's got a bit of paper and it ties up with the other one when you come here but if you do n't , if you have n't paid before you could n't tell them you were leaving |
| 14 | Charlie was n't frightened of any Germans , but he still hoped that the war might come to an end quickly and that his father would return to Whitechapel and his routine of working at the docks during the day and drinking in the Black Bull at night But with no letters and only restricted news in the papers even Mr Salmon could n't tell him what was really happening at the front . |
| 15 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 16 | She could n't tell him she was afraid of their lives becoming more entwined . |
| 17 | The compass could tell me in which direction I had to go — it could n't tell me what lay between where I was , and where I wanted to get to . |
| 18 | He was trying to , he was doing a laugh laughing fit last night , he was , he , he could n't tell me what he was trying to tell me . |
| 19 | could n't tell me I suppose . |
| 20 | Terry was taken out of the basement and , when he returned , said that he could n't tell us what he was doing . |
| 21 | The more able in the group felt they ‘ could n't tell us anything we do n't already know ’ or they were ‘ depressing ’ , while the remainder said that they did not like them because they made them feel inadequate . |
| 22 | I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it . |
| 23 | I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it . |
| 24 | I could n't tell you what , but they collected quite a lot of money for us and er , and er , er , they were holding things there , er people were holding boxes at the bottom of the gate like and er |
| 25 | I could n't tell you what . |
| 26 | Now you know , to be to be honest I was talking about it , I could n't tell you what the average percent is from last year . |
| 27 | I could n't tell you what it is . |
| 28 | and the first sort of thing they ever had was just like a little screen it just went blip and that 's it , all they could tell you was there was something in their vicinity , it could n't tell you what direction it was or what height or anything . |
| 29 | I do n't know , I could n't tell you I really do n't know |
| 30 | Everybody loved the advert but could n't tell you who the advert was for . |