Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ? |
| 2 | Erm , we , we could n't nominate anyone at the A G M , no one was willing to do it . |
| 3 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |
| 4 | Sometimes our bodies and minds seek excuses to experience griefs that we may have put aside or denied because we could n't face them at the time . |
| 5 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 6 | He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’ |
| 7 | They could n't understand it at the time , and nor could I. None of us has any religious sense , there were n't any fundamentalist kinsmen to pacify : the absence of a fellow in a frilly white frock would n't have led to the suppuku of disinheritance . |
| 8 | It 's like , with Sharon Stone , even at the end she was still dependent on Michael Douglas , like , when he was going she was crying and she could n't kill him at the end cos she loved him so much and , you know what I mean , so no , Body of Evidence , it 'll probably have a rubbish end and she 'll probably marry the lawyer or something , but it was still good to see her beat , tying a man up , putting candle wax on him and shit . |
| 9 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
| 10 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've always wanted to meet you to say something … just to say I 'm sorry , but … but I could n't help meself at the time . |
| 12 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
| 13 | I knew everything , they could n't believe it at the hospital . |
| 14 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |
| 15 | He 's table he goes and there 's a dick head in glasses that would n't serve you at the tuck shop cos it was closing . |
| 16 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 17 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |
| 18 | Tim , I ca n't hold it at the moment ! |
| 19 | She ca n't , she ca n't cuddle you at the minute . |
| 20 | If you ca n't do it here you ca n't do it at the beginning of the second appointment , if you ca n't do it there then the chances are you 'll do it right at the end and if you have n't made the sale I guarantee you wo n't ask . |
| 21 | ‘ But I ca n't pay you at the moment . |
| 22 | The second job of the day is to light the stove , a monument in itself , taking up a quarter of the thatched hut with its various extensions — a sill ( pod ) with an area for keeping dishes warm ( chestok ) , niches ( pechurki ) for small objects and matches , holes on the side for drying out leg and foot wrappings ( for lack of shoes ) , holes near the summit for reviving chilled hens in winter , and on the triumphal summit worn clothing on which to stretch out and sleep in the delicious warmth — ‘ U hholodnoi pechi ne sogreesh'sia ’ ( ‘ You ca n't heat yourself at a cold stove ’ ) . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid we ca n't help you at the moment — we 've been told simply that Mr. Andrew is away from the office . |
| 24 | If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry , people ca n't hear you at the back . |
| 26 | Well we ca n't hear it at the moment I 'm just about to run it again for you . |
| 27 | I mean a , I 've been throwing mine away now we ca n't get them at the other farm , I mean and I said if we do , we 'd better keep |
| 28 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |
| 29 | O M O V you ca n't buy it at the chemist it is n't a new type of bread for some religious festival it 's not a new cleaning detergent O M O V what is O M O V ? |
| 30 | er Monday when I get back , I ca n't find it at the moment . |