Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [adv] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she would n't explain why she 's using her vote against the government in tonight 's debate on a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 2 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 3 | If nothing else , this explains why they are in politics and I 'm not , although it does n't explain why I 'm in journalism . |
| 4 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 5 | I could n't stay where I was , it 's one of the rules . |
| 6 | When the bass cuts in we 're in dirty funk horizons , and even if you ca n't make out what 's being said , it sounds as urgent as life . |
| 7 | I could n't make out what was going on so I began walking towards the image , binoculars pressed to my eyes . |
| 8 | Every now and again the music would cut for a couple of seconds and there would be some faint , whispered phrase that would haunt its way down the wire , but she could n't make out what was said . |
| 9 | But this time the door had been closed all the way , and she could n't make out what was being said . |
| 10 | We could n't make out what was wrong . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe if you love someone so little that it does n't hurt then it 's not love . |
| 12 | It wo n't hurt there we are that 's nice OK . |
| 13 | I ca n't think why she 's behaving in such a way . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's going to be all over town — in fact , I ca n't think why it is n't already — and your mother will be the last to know . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 16 | Driving home , though , I could n't think why it was n't worse . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't think why you 're so determined to defend him , ’ she said in the tone of one on the verge of enlightenment . |
| 18 | I ca n't think why you 're havering . |
| 19 | I ca n't think why you 're going , ’ Rob grumbled . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't think why I am telling you all this , ’ she said , embarrassed . |
| 21 | I ca n't think why I 'm making this sandwich for you . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't think why I 'm crying . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Ca n't think why I 'm showing you this , it 's nothing to do with your mother . |
| 24 | Isobel stared : it was so unlike him ; she could n't think why he was being so rude . |
| 25 | Ca n't remember where I was and I was I ear-holing really , I was listening to a conversation that this woman was having ca n't think where it was dad ! |
| 26 | ‘ We could n't think where you were , ’ said my mother , ‘ we hunted for you for hours . ’ |
| 27 | Cos I ca n't think where she 's |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think where she is then , ’ shrugged Enid . |
| 29 | Everywhere was pitch-black , and just for a moment she could n't think where she was . |
| 30 | I do n't think so she 's erm slow , she 's , she 's like erm , she has to go to a special school |