Example sentences of "[not/n't] be able to " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It seemed symbolic for me to say to them you climb your mountain every day and I 'm going to climb one that really I should n't , and probably would n't be able to . ’ |
| 32 | A YOU probably wo n't be able to completely eliminate it , but you can certainly reduce it . |
| 33 | Perhaps it was more merciful that , protected by his innocence , he should n't be able to . |
| 34 | You would n't be able to from behind me . |
| 35 | I wo n't be able to , will I ? ’ |
| 36 | Modules , in this sense , do not have access to the contents of other modules and , in Carl Hewitt of MIT 's immortal words , ‘ modules should n't be able to dicker around with the insides of their neighbours ’ . |
| 37 | Daemon spawn wo n't be able to home in and manifest themselves . |
| 38 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 39 | ‘ Well , if yer was n't involved 'e wo n't be able to . |
| 40 | Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to . |
| 41 | His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him . |
| 42 | " If we stay here any longer I sha n't be able to , " answered Hazel . |
| 43 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 44 | We would n't be able to , to talk like we do . |
| 45 | really what the crunch is , the price should be , they should n't be able to be cheaper . |
| 46 | They would n't be able to , to buy things so cheaply . |
| 47 | Rosalind Swain said she would n't be able to when she 'd finished growing up . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm inclined to think that we need to break into the Cathedral 's conspiracy of silence , since the police clearly wo n't be able to . |
| 49 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 50 | Even if he died there , they would n't be able to just throw his body away . |
| 51 | I felt I could hardly lift my arm to comb my hair it was such an effort ; but most of all I got so depressed knowing everything was piling up and I was n't doing anything about it , and soon I would n't be able to . |
| 52 | Another hazard of the job is when you say , ‘ You will understand , wo n't you , that if I say ‘ yes ’ to the Pontefract Panda Protection Barbeque in October 1992 , there is an outside chance that I 'll be filming in Bogotá on that day and wo n't be able to — ? ’ |
| 53 | ‘ So I 'm terribly sorry , but I wo n't be able to c — ’ I break off on hearing a low moan then an uninterrupted wailing noise , followed by the gnashing of elderly dentures , the grinding of elderly cheek muscles , the solid thud of arthritic knees hitting tufted twistpile , some steady gasping and choking noises , then worst of all , the terrible silence of a condemned committee member : |
| 54 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 55 | Or I would n't be able to be on the street , |
| 56 | I wo n't be able to your lectures , cos |
| 57 | In the future we wo n't be able to just do things , we 'll have to experience them all the time . |
| 58 | Well you wo n't be able to orgasm on it , okay ? sexuality |
| 59 | The technology also has the effect of increasing the variety of production methods farmers can either er , rear livestock extensively , or intensively , where the technology for intensive production exists , and if you 're not familiar with the technology of intensive say , milk production erm , or , or it does n't exist , then clearly you wo n't be able to , to use those intensive tech techniques . |
| 60 | Farmers wo n't even bother to harvest it , right , simply because , the bulk of it , the total production costs , will be labour , will be the labour costs of harvesting , and if they ca n't cover those labour costs of harvesting by selling their produce , which they wo n't be able to if there 's been a bumper harvest because prices are very low , they 'll just leave the things rotting on the trees and er , that is , that is what , what happens quite regularly in horticultural markets which tend not to be markets that are supported through the Common Agricultural Policy . |