Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | my mum told me to wipe some of it , some of it off cos I could n't her shout , I , I , I caught her shouting at my sister , she got really angry with my sister |
| 2 | Oh that 's good I could n't you see it 's very difficult for me you know I have to look up there I can never distinguish one one one call from another . |
| 3 | And er I could n't I mean I do a lot of gardening there were n no problems at all , so I took them t well you can see what 's left . |
| 4 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
| 5 | So erm these two girls , I could n't I mean I was reading but could n't tell but they could . |
| 6 | I could n't I say I could n't eat . |
| 7 | And I mean I would n't I mean it 's no way , even Sid says I would n't drive all the way up there to see them . |
| 8 | I 've I would n't I do n't think I would go out if somebody said , Would you come and sing er at such and such a thing . |
| 9 | It 's important but I , I would n't I do n't want to er get carried away with the fact that we 're not performing well because we are performing well . |
| 10 | But er put it this way , I 've been on courses , like I would n't I use it . |
| 11 | I would say sorry in that case er you know I would n't you know . |
| 12 | I was always Because I started later i was always very sort of worried in case I would n't you know , get the thing right . |
| 13 | I would not myself give the set preference over Abbado 's , which also has its shortcomings but does present the work with steady inspiration . |
| 14 | At that time I was strongly in favour of sanctions , and I supported the dispatch of American troops to Saudi Arabia , according to Bush , to deter an attack on that country ; though I would not myself have acceded to an American request to put British ground troops there , and I think many people in the Ministry of Defence argued strongly against that . |
| 15 | No I ca n't what do you mean twelve ? |
| 16 | I Have n't needed try , Brenda , I ca n't I mean at one time I 'd have devoured that . |
| 17 | Well I ca n't I mean erm I think he was the kind of person he wanted to be as diverse as possible later on , I mean , perhaps he felt constrained |
| 18 | Erm I ca n't I do n't think there are many more . |
| 19 | And it was n't as effective but other than that I ca n't I do n't have the sort of the detailed information to er to refer to . |
| 20 | You you both have to have a little ride each back to my house because I ca n't I do n't think |
| 21 | I said I ca n't I do n't like so |
| 22 | He goes , he thinks you 're , he thinks you 're so funny I ca n't I do it in music . |
| 23 | Mm I ca n't I do n't know |
| 24 | Oh I ca n't I 've got things to do in the office , a busy company here . |
| 25 | She said I ca n't I 've just had a sleeping tablet . |
| 26 | oh I ca n't I 've got me trainers on |
| 27 | if I can find erm I ca n't I remember Carolyn bringing that , you know that little er the anemone ? |
| 28 | But I ca n't I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham , But you know , it 's just all over , be saying that about his side second half now wo n't he , because they 've just put one point about a nine , and they 're a good side . |
| 29 | Okay okay just so I ca n't I need a couple more calls to finish off the programme and take a couple more records er O nine O four six four one six four one would you ring me . |
| 30 | I 've asked Jeffrey to ask a friend about it who 's a solicitor if he knows anybody but I c , I ca n't I have n't got the in information . |