Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she never complained , nor suggested they should not go . |
| 2 | When the train started Jasper put his mouth over the tip and realized he could n't light the cigarette because the end was outside . |
| 3 | How we all laughed when I got it home and realised I ca n't play ! |
| 4 | He had never been a happy sightseer and until his work was done , until Harry Lawrence 's killer was identified and caught he could n't see himself playing the tourist at the Changing of the Guard , or the Tower of London , even Poets ' Corner which he had longed to see , as a passionate student of English poetry … that would have to wait . |
| 5 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 6 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 7 | I was about to add his son had been an excellent patient , and found I could not do it . |
| 8 | She 's probably looked and found she could n't get anything better . |
| 9 | He 'd come here first and found he could n't get in . |
| 10 | I knew that academically I was the least qualified and assumed I would n't get it . |
| 11 | Simeon longed for the coming of the Christ and believed he would not die until he had seen him . |
| 12 | Many women realized that our trade union did n't have the support of the management and believed it could n't resolve any of our problems . |
| 13 | Susan had tagged a uniformed cop on the beat ill the distance , and guessed she would n't want to talk to him about the corpse . |
| 14 | A cross-trainer ( multi-purpose ) shoe will be your best buy , according to a survey carried out by the Consumers ' Association , and as long as your feet are well supported and cushioned you should n't pay more than around £40 . |
| 15 | She flew into a rage and vowed she would not accept Silas 's ring until he 'd evicted that bossy , domineering woman from the house in which they would begin their married life . ’ |
| 16 | It was a personal triumph for Gen Morillon , who went to Srebrenica last Thursday and declared he would not abandon the town 's 60,000 desperate inhabitants until the convoy got through . |
| 17 | She was both proud and fearful for him and , as she continued to look on him , thought of the vast and mighty oceans he would cross , the loneliness of such journeys , and prayed he would not regret his decision to leave them . |
| 18 | As she lifted her head to look at him , he proudly held the peonies at arm 's length and prayed she would not notice their many imperfections . |
| 19 | I wondered if I should tell him this , and decided he might not think it funny . |
| 20 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 21 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 22 | I saw sense and decided I would n't take my bat home after all . |
| 23 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 24 | She supposed she had lost the baby but she herself felt reasonably comfortable apart from a plastic pipe stuck into the back of her hand which was sore and meant she could n't move . |
| 25 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 26 | With resignation she felt the colour steal into her face , and knew he would n't believe her even as she tried to explain that she had n't even seen the rings but had been absorbed by the ornaments . |
| 27 | Yet , obvious a performance though it was , behind it lay a real anguish and he knew it , and knew he could n't help it . |
| 28 | Instinctively she sought through the whole cosmos for Fenna , and knew she would not find him . |
| 29 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 30 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |