Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] n't [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most people were still using wooden ploughs er which , not only di is it much more difficult to cut the sod with a er wooden plough , but it also cuts only in to about half the depth of an iron plough so you ca n't sort of turn the soil over to anything like the same extent .
2 But Neil he was gon na go down to Tesco 's but he is , Ipswich , ca n't get down here , so he ca n't sort of travel and you know what the hassle of having to take him and pick him up .
3 Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over .
4 Well you 'll have to server , cos I ca n't server I 'm hopeless at it !
5 Most women in London work on the theory that if you ca n't microwave it , only the ethnic minorities can cook it .
6 ‘ The attitude should be : ‘ If you ca n't win do n't play ’ .
7 You may be fit and fast but if you ca n't scrummage or drive a lineout , they you 're no good to anyone .
8 Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of
9 Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time .
10 Erm because I would n't sort of finished till quarter pa
11 Actually erm I 'm not really into it at the moment because I ca n't sort of make myself get in there , you know ?
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