Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The exclusive " Annie Thompson " design had only a small flap — that was adequate in normal circumstances — but near disaster in an emergency , when I could not even resort to the era of the " Flapper " in her cami-knickers , and go down one leg .
2 I could not even bayonet an effigy of Kaiser Bill convincingly .
3 I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to .
4 I ca n't just sort of
5 I ca n't just sort of well I think
6 You know , I ca n't exactly sort of quote you word for word .
7 because I have n't seen any of your written work so I ca n't really sort of erm er dispense any advice yet er
8 Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so
9 yeah it might be , I do n't know , I think usually Roy does that but I think Dave 's doing it this year or something erm er that tends to be , that tended to be something that I had difficulty with as a student because again you could n't just sort of find one book that , that covered the lecture course
10 You could n't possibly part with him , there 'll never be another animal like him , and when your pony goes , there goes your childhood .
11 Well the theory is that you do n't , in metal type if you have a line of caps you ca n't just jamb another line right under the baseline because there has to be room for the ascenders , descenders .
12 You ca n't just sort of think think about North America get it in isolation , you got ta look basically as E er Euro P L C market place .
13 Not very erm easy to er when you , you ca n't just sort of er and Sue being you know , the type of person she is she 's erm only gon na do it er very enthusiastically , is n't
14 But you ca n't really sort of put your finger on any
15 So you ca n't actually sort of get a licence to have an all out blues party with ganja .
16 Where she is and what she 's doing , you would n't just sort of , take her off and
17 You would n't really sort of come out with things like that to your parents … you sort of do it less .
18 She 'll er make the most of that because she wo n't possibly money for erm
19 You wo n't better Maria Aitken as a Coward woman — tall , grand , always posing .
20 we ca n't just sort of
21 It 's nice to see , it 's like Christmas , when our kids are older we 'll see pop in and visit them , but we wo n't ever year rang .
22 We wo n't actually sale
23 He would not willingly part with his leading actress , his Asshe heir : and as friendly Mrs Gracie had said , he could not now refuse Paul and herself permission to marry .
24 say Chris , it 's not that he ca n't though Madge , he just wo n't
25 Q E D , we seem to have proved that what happens all around us can not namely altruism and cooperation .
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