Example sentences of "and [pron] [modal v] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social boundaries will reside in the actor 's conceptualisations of whom , in what degree , it is possible to approach , ask for advice , trust and whom may not be socially ‘ reached ’ . |
| 2 | He had an impulse to say , ‘ This is the music of 1988 ; these are our heroes ; that building on the headland is our architecture and I dare not stop my car to help children home because they 've been taught with good reason that a strange man might abduct and rape them . ’ |
| 3 | Evolution in the computer would then really take off , for the conditions would be met for a self-reinforcing " arms race " ( see Chapter 7 ) , and I dare not speculate where it would all end . |
| 4 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 5 | Now I cry every time I write to him and I dare n't go out in case I meet somebody else . |
| 6 | And I dare n't go . ’ |
| 7 | And I dare n't , I 'm not gon na tell her , but I , I , I 'm trying to say , well , it 's a little bit out , it 's in a park and er , th th but it looks gorgeous ! |
| 8 | When something happens and I ca n't look after myself any more the situation will be different , but at the moment what I 'd really like most is my independence back . ’ |
| 9 | You forget to eat , and you think it does n't matter , and I ca n't eat when you 're around . |
| 10 | And I ca n't and wo n't hold back when you grind your sensational ass against me , a woman is only human . |
| 11 | All this drama , darling , she thought all this gotta-see-her , and I ca n't even look at her . |
| 12 | I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely . |
| 13 | That was supposed to be a funny song , and I ca n't understand how people could n't see it . |
| 14 | People would ring up and say , ‘ Can you get Mrs So-and-So , her baby 's crying and I ca n't stop her . |
| 15 | Amy wo n't do it and I ca n't find anyone even to come in and keep it tidy . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 17 | You bring me into the office to shout at me and I ca n't say anything . |
| 18 | My previous car was a direct competitor to the Clio , namely the new Rover Metro in 1.4-litre guise , and I ca n't help making comparisons . |
| 19 | ‘ Our sons are always fighting and I ca n't stand the strain any more ’ |
| 20 | Christ , and I ca n't find the money to buy my kids new shoes ! |
| 21 | I get up and have a look round the room , but things are blurry on account of my tears and I ca n't find her fags . |
| 22 | I sort of start running now to find a way out quick , but this wire fence goes all the way down to the wall at the other end and I ca n't find no door in it . |
| 23 | I open my eyes and try and look at my trousers to see if it 's true , but my eyes are all blurry and I ca n't see proper . |
| 24 | I 'm 33 now and I ca n't imagine a time when I would ever consider using it . |
| 25 | Someone must have sent the papers and I ca n't see that the corporals did it . |
| 26 | I was in the same Mental and Moral Science class as him and I ca n't say I noticed . |
| 27 | We were acting in good faith , of course , and I ca n't imagine that anyone is going to be difficult now she is gone . |
| 28 | ‘ But I had an operation ’ — she gestures to her loins — ‘ and I ca n't anymore . |
| 29 | ‘ Caspar 's shut in one of those buildings and I ca n't get him out . ’ |
| 30 | In me the need to talk is a primary impulse , and I ca n't help saying right off what comes to my tongue . |