Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My yesterday and said that well my cousin said they 've got ta pay twenty pounds but my friend said there is a those who could n't pay I du n no whether it 'll do any good but I should think some of them |
| 2 | They could n't understand I did n't want to visit you until I was sure I had the strength not to cry . |
| 3 | But I could n't see me staying away all that time … not from you , and then probably being persuaded to follow their line and make America my home . |
| 4 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 5 | They could n't get me to come in until every marshal 's flag on the circuit was flapping . |
| 6 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 7 | You were n't supposed to turn the radio off , but I used to so they could n't hear me singing along with the tape . |
| 8 | Karen could n't believe I got back so quickly the other day . |
| 9 | He could n't believe I did n't know what a crome was ! |
| 10 | I knew it would n't hurt me to see how a gallery really functions , so I took the job . |
| 11 | Watching the kestrel was a great experience , but life was still very frustrating for me because my mother understandably would n't let me wander very far afield , and I was n't going to see my first real live wild owl in Colchester Park ! |
| 12 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 13 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
| 14 | I was eating my tea that afternoon — they would n't let me go too — and I got called over to the Centre [ the prison officers ' operational centre within the prison ] . |
| 15 | ‘ She said she would n't let me come here . ’ |
| 16 | But Springsteen would n't catch me napping again . |
| 17 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 18 | I would n't know I 've never snogged with you . |
| 19 | ‘ You would n't find me going out there on me own ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They would n't allow me to grow up . |
| 21 | You ca n't complain I do n't tell you things . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They ca n't make me go there . ’ |
| 23 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
| 24 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I know what you did , you ca n't stop me saying so . ’ |
| 26 | But you ca n't expect me to stand here meekly … ’ |
| 27 | Well I ca n't help I do n't know when |
| 28 | I , I do n't know but , I ca n't remember I do n't think about but I 'm really , if I say like |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't prove I did n't save it . ’ |
| 30 | You ca n't keep me locked in . ’ |