Example sentences of "he [modal v] n't just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't just sit here and do nothing . |
| 2 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 3 | But she heard herself saying , still in shrewish style , that on the contrary there was n't any time in the morning , that she had to go to a psychoanalytical conference in the Metropole Hotel with a bunch of Japanese in the morning , that she wanted to talk now , that he could n't just announce that he wanted to get divorced and then decide he was too tired to talk about it . |
| 4 | He could n't just leave it like that . |
| 5 | But he could n't just leave her at the station . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't worry about me , ’ he 'd said , but then he could n't just leave it at that and so he 'd added , ‘ Will you be all right ? ’ |
| 7 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 8 | He might kill me , but he could n't just let me die . |
| 9 | He would n't just kill the guy until he was sure of his next move . |
| 10 | As for that girl , if it was my father , he would n't just take you to the CRE , he would also give you a good thump . |
| 11 | ‘ He ca n't just disappear . ’ |
| 12 | Well no it ca n't Angela ask him somebody ask him , he ca n't just arrive and start doing things . |
| 13 | Because Neil plays very hard he produces a lot of power through the pickups , and he has recently realised that he ca n't just put any pickup with any EQ system , otherwise the signal from the bass simply overloads things … |
| 14 | And the fact he ca n't just accept things , he has to question things . |
| 15 | Of course he ca n't just come out with it . |
| 16 | I could take him to sea and keep him clean for three months , but how do you know that the moment the court case is done he wo n't just stuff his nose full of crap again ? ’ |