Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] he [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hear somebody talking urgently at the other end but his mind was still scrambled and he could not decipher the words . |
| 2 | Quinn wrapped one arm around the thin shoulders and remembered a day long ago in the jungles along the Mekong ; the first time he was ever in combat , and how he survived while others died , and how afterwards the sheer relief caused the tears to come and he could not stop them . |
| 3 | Those early years were best forgotten and he would not allow himself to dwell on them if he could possibly help it . |
| 4 | Mind you , I 've been keeping up the ice dance so all the canals are frozen and he ca n't get a match to fish , ’ joked Dave , who runs Midlands Angling Products . |
| 5 | They want him to have injections every month — I do n't know if they help or not — but he says they slow him up and make his legs ache and he ca n't think straight . |
| 6 | I do n't know but he ca n't shake it off . |
| 7 | He could not speak and he would not make any gesture that would show weakness . |
| 8 | A memory stirred but he could not place it so pushed the matter to one side . |
| 9 | But he 's not doing the estimates he 's been given and he ca n't afford to throw money away . |
| 10 | Street lighting seeped into the tiny landing from an open door so at least some curtains were undrawn and he dare n't use the torch . |
| 11 | As Devon Loch struggled up there was still time for him to get going again and hold off E.S.B. , but his hind legs seemed not to function and he could not move on . |
| 12 | He tried to smile but he could n't smile properly : one side of his mouth seemed dragged down . |
| 13 | He could feel and he could think but he could n't connect the two . |
| 14 | Yeah I know but he ca n't get in cos he ca n't |
| 15 | he he 's he , he 's a he 's a user and he ca n't take it when he 's dumped and he ca n't take being told the truth , like he 's an idiot . |
| 16 | Hazel crouched down by Blackberry and laid his nostrils close to Bigwig 's , but a light breeze was blowing and he could not tell whether there was breath or not . |
| 17 | He had neither the patience nor method to understand properly how they worked and he would not bow to any instruction other than his own perusal of certain manuals and textbooks . |
| 18 | So since his old fella died and he could n't take it out on him , he 's taken it out on his young missis and the young ‘ uns . ’ |
| 19 | The man , who was on top , told him that his back had gone and he could n't move . |
| 20 | At birth the baby 's vision is blurred and he can not discriminate between foreground and background in the visual panorama . |
| 21 | He would leave but he would not forget . |
| 22 | My husband knew but he would n't tell , and the whole situation became like something out of Dallas or Dynasty . |
| 23 | I mean that had to change or he would n't have known who I was |
| 24 | They let him come and he wo n't get any biscuits . |
| 25 | ‘ My husband Rob went outside and found Oliver lying on the floor saying his neck was hurting and he could not move . ’ |
| 26 | The chap had tried but he dare n't tackle him any longer . |
| 27 | Fernando Serra could make all the threats he liked but he could n't stop her carrying on her business . |
| 28 | She had hesitated but he could n't take that hesitation as a refusal . |
| 29 | And you you discussed but he ca n't remember it . |
| 30 | He could n't sing and he could n't write songs . |