Example sentences of "he [modal v] not [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over . |
| 2 | He could n't flesh her out , however hard he studied the picture . |
| 3 | He could n't distress her with his own , raw , terrible dilemma . |
| 4 | He tried re-dialling two or three times , but either it was a long conversation or he could n't time it right to slip in between calls . |
| 5 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 6 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 7 | That 's the man he is , ’ said Adam abruptly , and strode before them at a furious pace towards the guest-house , pursued by the pain he could not outdistance . |
| 8 | The acussed alledged that he could not forsee the harm he would do , and proceeded to argue that since he acted inavertently , he did not committ the offence . |
| 9 | He knew now he could not farm here . |
| 10 | Although he might have a woman as a friend , he could not lust , he could not desire or covet any woman , whether she be free or not . |
| 11 | Parker , he was all caught up ; for he could not ward what he had himself created , fumbled for the door-bolt . |
| 12 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 13 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 14 | Father Martin now hopes to become a member of the Roman Catholic church , but admits that in this economic climate , he ca n't t many of those currently at odds will do likewise . |
| 15 | A recent suggestion that he ca n't DJ irks the most . |
| 16 | But Neil he was gon na go down to Tesco 's but he is , Ipswich , ca n't get down here , so he ca n't sort of travel and you know what the hassle of having to take him and pick him up . |
| 17 | Come , be comforted , he sha n't fright you . |
| 18 | He wo n't Jonathan . |