Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] n't [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 2 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 3 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 4 | I would n't bounce at the same time |
| 5 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
| 6 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | And I did n't go , but a chap that I knew from whose name I ca n't remember at the moment , did go and he was killed within about three months of his er arriving in Africa . |
| 8 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 9 | I ca n't get at the underside of my staircase ; how can I fix loose treads from above ? |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't train at the moment , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Tilly , stopping Right I wo n't look at the answers . |
| 12 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 13 | Jimmy Smith polled ten per cent … surprisingly he was beaten by Steve Coppell … but the top two were way ahead … second big Billy Hamilton the ex United striker … and top by a long way the man who could n't live at the Manor with the Maxwells … |
| 14 | You ca n't stand at the front door and say no you ca n't come in at all apart from its being completely irrational erm the point would be that , because I have an obligation to carry out this work , I have a right to the means to fulfil that obligation . |
| 15 | Now of course you ca n't predict at the level of the individual school what the population is going to be , but you can nevertheless be very clear that the system as a whole is going to have many erm fewer pupils . |
| 16 | The result is as many blank pages as Ventura can build into the current chapter and you ca n't get at the tagged block of text to de-select it ! |
| 17 | If you ca n't look at the rushes , you come in every day wondering . |
| 18 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 19 | She ca n't talk at the moment . |
| 20 | we should n't look at the box |
| 21 | We ca n't buy at the moment . |
| 22 | Our problem is we ca n't get at the buyers . |
| 23 | ‘ So we ca n't get at the marriage certificate , ’ George brooded . |
| 24 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 25 | The fact that they ca n't look at the real problems makes them attack someone or something else . |
| 26 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 27 | I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places |