Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Another thing-if I ca n't keep my works here , where am I gon na jack up ? ’ |
| 2 | somewhere cool , where I ca n't watch it . |
| 3 | In the middle of the borders , where I ca n't reach without treading on the soil , I grow shrubs and perennials that need hardly any attention during the year . |
| 4 | Where I ca n't see any , it 's gone , where gone , where is it gone you show me ? |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't leave me here , where I ca n't find you ! |
| 6 | Because it was before just before we moved the offices but it 's kicking around somewhere in an envelope with my name on the front of it but where I would n't know . |
| 7 | My dream is to be a housewife , perhaps in France or the Canary Islands , where I would n't have to think of work or money and could go on excursions to supermarkets . |
| 8 | I mean even today he 'd made a mistake on that thing and you spotted it where I would n't have done . |
| 9 | I hope I can get plain sewing work enough where I need not spoil my fingers , but if I ca n't , I hope to mae my hands as red as blood pudding and as hard as a beechen trencher to accommodate them to my condition . |
| 10 | There is no place you could go where I could n't reach you . |
| 11 | Although it 's interesting to hear the difference between these amps with a signal source as stable as the A2 , there was n't one where I could n't produce the desired sound simply by tweaking the combo 's own EQ . |
| 12 | You wore a damnably provocative outfit , made sure you draped yourself where I could n't help seeing you . ’ |
| 13 | I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem . |
| 14 | He braked in the slow corners , where I could not overtake , then on the straight , he accelerated and drove away , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 16 | Where I can not advise I can condole and communicate , which doubles joy , halves sorrow . |
| 17 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
| 18 | Tell yer what , I 'll pop off 'ome and get yer me bottle of embrocation , seein' I ca n't wait no longer for Sergeant Joe , anyway . |
| 19 | Do n't you tell me again you ai n't got a fella 'cause I sha n't believe you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't live like you do with broken tractors and trees lying around , people who ca n't work properly 'cause I ca n't afford to let them . |
| 21 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |
| 22 | ‘ I accept your favour , my lady , although I may not wear it on my sleeve as a true knight should . |
| 23 | Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted . |
| 24 | although I would n't push them into it . |
| 25 | Unlike a sport like skiing , the considerable risks are not matched with sufficient exhilaration to kindle my interest , although I would n't say no if a boyfriend were to slip naked into one of those clanking climbing harnesses after a hot bath and a glass of wine . |
| 26 | I admire him greatly , although I would n't say we were great friends . |
| 27 | It 's been said although I would n't say it for myself that the lack of pressure for change stems from the Royal Family 's landholdings . |
| 28 | No harms done , really , although I would n't have said , what was attributed to me , I was n't moaning about the money . |
| 29 | And there 's two houses here oh i it might be an idea , although I would n't mind going in and having a look . |
| 30 | " You know , there 's something queer about the warren this evening , although I ca n't tell exactly what it is . |