Example sentences of "i [modal v] n't [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry , I should n't do it the other side cos it wobbled . |
| 2 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 4 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 5 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 7 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 9 | I could n't face it a second time . |
| 10 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 11 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 12 | I could n't imagine what the others were used for . |
| 13 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 14 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't see him the room was full with smoke . |
| 16 | ‘ What about your lean old arse — I could n't call it a bum in all conscience — grinding away on the saddle of your bike ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She was bent on making mischief because I would n't do her the favour she wanted , and she bloody well succeeded , did n't she ? ’ |
| 18 | She 's elderly and , quite frankly , so bad-tempered I would n't leave her a cat . |
| 19 | ‘ I like it , ’ said Lili , ‘ though I would n't wear it every day . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't give him a ham sandwich , ’ said Robert . |
| 21 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 22 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
| 23 | I would n't give them the satisfaction . |
| 24 | I would n't I would n't give them the option , I would go and ask those same ones you had in last week . |
| 25 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't give you the satisfaction , ’ she said , tilting her chin scornfully . |
| 27 | Well I would n't call me a roly |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't call her a bitch . ’ |
| 29 | I would , I would n't call you a pig at all . |
| 30 | Several major galleries now claim that they have ceased trading with Saatchi - ‘ I would n't sell him a napkin , ’ said one prominent figure in the New York art world — but since no one is prepared to go on the record with such an assertion , or to have their name directly linked to a quote , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that dealers and artists are hedging their bets . |