Example sentences of "[modal v] n't be able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was more merciful that , protected by his innocence , he should n't be able to . |
| 2 | Modules , in this sense , do not have access to the contents of other modules and , in Carl Hewitt of MIT 's immortal words , ‘ modules should n't be able to dicker around with the insides of their neighbours ’ . |
| 3 | really what the crunch is , the price should be , they should n't be able to be cheaper . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed symbolic for me to say to them you climb your mountain every day and I 'm going to climb one that really I should n't , and probably would n't be able to . ’ |
| 5 | You would n't be able to from behind me . |
| 6 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 7 | Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to . |
| 8 | His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him . |
| 9 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 10 | We would n't be able to , to talk like we do . |
| 11 | They would n't be able to , to buy things so cheaply . |
| 12 | Rosalind Swain said she would n't be able to when she 'd finished growing up . |
| 13 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 14 | Even if he died there , they would n't be able to just throw his body away . |
| 15 | I felt I could hardly lift my arm to comb my hair it was such an effort ; but most of all I got so depressed knowing everything was piling up and I was n't doing anything about it , and soon I would n't be able to . |
| 16 | Or I would n't be able to be on the street , |
| 17 | And so the population increase would they would n't be able to . |
| 18 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 19 | You would n't be able to if they were . |
| 20 | I would n't be able to but definitely not |
| 21 | would n't be able to bloody move ! |
| 22 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 23 | The only thing is though , if I decided to become vegetarian and I would n't be able to , see mum goes , you 'll get what I 'm meat ! |
| 24 | He 's I mean he , he just would n't be able to er contribute enough . |
| 25 | He would n't be able to you know , okay he 'd probably potter about on a restoration job but I mean that 's not |
| 26 | Because otherwise you would n't be able to it 'd take three days to clear so that 's the best way to do it . |
| 27 | Aye but you would n't be able to would you ? |
| 28 | He says Well you 're quite right n y I Cos I did n't think we You know I 'd said to the man already it 's quite possible I would n't be able to really take the stuff out of store for him . |
| 29 | " If we stay here any longer I sha n't be able to , " answered Hazel . |
| 30 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |