Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must n't walk away you know cos I sha n't be ab you 're supposed to be on my tape ! |
| 2 | Since you could not go abroad you honeymooned on the south coast at resorts such as Bournemouth where there was barbed wire on the beaches . |
| 3 | She just could not think why you needed special socks if you slept in a single bed ! |
| 4 | Even so , navigation would be a problem — especially since you could not predict where you would arrive . |
| 5 | It seemed to me that they assumed and air of could n't care less you know that that was their attitude after nationalization . |
| 6 | So what it was th ch ha the chain could n't give up you see . |
| 7 | ‘ We could n't think where you were , ’ said my mother , ‘ we hunted for you for hours . ’ |
| 8 | I could n't think where you 'd been to . |
| 9 | Because I could n't countenance how you could stay under water without being asphyxiated , and yet at the same time I was incapable of comprehending the trick . |
| 10 | ‘ Suppose someone could n't understand why you did n't arrest Harry , particularly in view of all the hounding in the papers , and decided to remove any doubts you might be showing ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't understand why you never showed yourself when you were interrogating me . |
| 12 | You were so stubborn about it , you just kept saying everything was all right , and it was n't , it was getting worse all the time , and I could n't understand why you could n't see it . |
| 13 | I could n't understand why you did n't do that in the first place . |
| 14 | I could n't see how you could get a lot of maths into physics on the grounds of the experience I 'd had in school . |
| 15 | see , yeah I mean it 's a long way out is n't it , yeah you could n't get there you see , mm |
| 16 | blah , blah , blah , recommended that interview have been in both directions despite in this difficult across , and I could n't say when you could do that at midday , but the implication is you have to do it when you |
| 17 | It would take a million years to tell you all the things I have done , and some of the things I would n't tell even you , ’ she said mischievously , ‘ but it 's great to be home . |
| 18 | I promised myself I would n't come near you again unless you wanted me to , that the ball would always be in your court , and that if you chose to kick me out of your life for good , then I 'd respect that wish , even if it 'd half kill me to do so . |
| 19 | ‘ He would n't know where you put her . |
| 20 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 21 | ‘ Ca n't think where you got that impression . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't think why you bother , for you 've no talent . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't think why you 're so determined to defend him , ’ she said in the tone of one on the verge of enlightenment . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't think why you want to go grubbing around for more . ’ |
| 25 | P.P.S. Ca n't think why you have n't written . |
| 26 | I ca n't think why you 're havering . |
| 27 | I ca n't think why you have to constantly provoke me this way . ’ |
| 28 | Ca n't think why you have n't done something to simplify Alison 's methods . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't think why you 're going , ’ Rob grumbled . |
| 30 | I ca n't think why you want to swap the ’ and S keys but you can make any key produce any symbol you like and so swapping over is just a special case . |