Example sentences of "n't [adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JESUS CHRIST ! ’ when he should n't feasibly be capable of breathing — a testament to the levels of punishment Sugar inflict upon themselves , at the very least . |
| 2 | Surely she could n't suddenly be afraid of being alone ? |
| 3 | When you get to work after Christmas the pressure will be on — and while a lot of tension may build up , it wo n't necessarily be negative . |
| 4 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
| 5 | I will add a cautionary comment however , and say that you wo n't necessarily be able to change absolutely everything , at any time of the day or night , because there are some base requirements we have to address and we have to meet . |
| 6 | Earth wo n't necessarily be hostile . ’ |
| 7 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |
| 8 | So you wo n't normally be able to see a virus in action — until it 's too late . |
| 9 | I , I 'm sure it was because he realized that if it was a sole account , you would n't normally be able t a husband and wife would n't be able to draw on it freely , but as you say , you could . |
| 10 | He ca n't still be hungry . |
| 11 | No pin-ups , just pictures cut from magazines and stuck up on the wall in a kind of patchwork : pictures of lambs and cats and small puppies with ribbons round their necks , country cottages and the tropical beaches that went with advertisements for white rum , whose colours could n't possibly be real . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't possibly be tall enough . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't possibly be deaf ! ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ But they must have made a mistake — that ca n't possibly be right ! ’ |
| 15 | As I just knew that everybody on the truck had a clear conscience , they could n't possibly be interested in us , could they ? |
| 16 | Quietly sipping champagne in a corner of the large marquee , Laura was just chiding herself for having over-reacted in such a feeble , juvenile way towards a man who could n't possibly be interested in her , when she looked up — and suddenly found Ross standing in front of her ! |
| 17 | You ca n't possibly be ill in digs , you might die and nobody 'd know anything about it " |
| 18 | It could n't possibly be true . |
| 19 | So enormous it could n't possibly be true -could it ? |
| 20 | ‘ It wo n't always be easy , but we ought to try and be as cheerful as possible . ’ |
| 21 | Over the years it has become usual to rate small transformers for this sort of application in terms of rectified and smoothed d.c. outputs , but you ca n't always be sure of this and caution is advisable . |
| 22 | You ca n't always be sure your cycle is regular — so if you test on the day your period 's due , you should confirm the result after three days . |
| 23 | Yes you can , but without an engine you ca n't always be sure of getting home again . |
| 24 | And how they ca n't always be identical . |
| 25 | I sha n't always be alone and starving . |
| 26 | I wo n't always be able to bail you out of them . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Men wo n't ever be able to sit on us women again , when this war 's over . |
| 28 | A psychiatrist has told him he wo n't ever be able to do it . |
| 29 | So do n't ever be frightened of having an eyebrow trim because it really is a very simple treatment . |
| 30 | We wo n't ever be wealthy , but the mere fact that we ARE working means that we must be healthy and all those extra stolen minutes in the warmth of the winter sun is richness indeed . |