Example sentences of "would [not/n't] be able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , no , I 'd not be able to . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps Mr Browning was entirely above reproach , though there were those who saw him constantly at Isa Blagden 's and thought that friendship promised more ; perhaps he was able to subdue the desires of a healthy man in his prime , but Ferdinando would not be able to if temptation was set in his way . |
| 3 | ‘ I have to be quick , ’ I told Eric , and explained why he would not be able to be the principessa 's gardener . |
| 4 | Now at this stage er it is the plaintiff 's case that Mr er considered that this caused major financial problems , because the property at Frinton was simply not one that was open to him to offer as security , it was clear that the bank would now as he saw it , on the deal that he understood that he 'd struck and he knew that without the bank 's help he would not be able to er proceed with this purchase and operate he business in the way he had wished to . |
| 5 | Are the any weapons er which the aircraft er would not be able to , for example the J P two three three closely associated with the tornado , er is that a system which you would anticipate Eurofighter two thousand to be able to carry ? |
| 6 | The erm gipies do have a dispensation under the planning laws to have their sites and their pitches located in areas where you would not be able to normally get residential erm planning applications approved . |
| 7 | ‘ It seemed symbolic for me to say to them you climb your mountain every day and I 'm going to climb one that really I should n't , and probably would n't be able to . ’ |
| 8 | You would n't be able to from behind me . |
| 9 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 10 | Finally he said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid I would n't be able to . |
| 11 | His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him . |
| 12 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 13 | We would n't be able to , to talk like we do . |
| 14 | They would n't be able to , to buy things so cheaply . |
| 15 | Rosalind Swain said she would n't be able to when she 'd finished growing up . |
| 16 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 17 | Even if he died there , they would n't be able to just throw his body away . |
| 18 | I felt I could hardly lift my arm to comb my hair it was such an effort ; but most of all I got so depressed knowing everything was piling up and I was n't doing anything about it , and soon I would n't be able to . |
| 19 | Or I would n't be able to be on the street , |
| 20 | And so the population increase would they would n't be able to . |
| 21 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 22 | You would n't be able to if they were . |
| 23 | I would n't be able to but definitely not |
| 24 | would n't be able to bloody move ! |
| 25 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 26 | The only thing is though , if I decided to become vegetarian and I would n't be able to , see mum goes , you 'll get what I 'm meat ! |
| 27 | He 's I mean he , he just would n't be able to er contribute enough . |
| 28 | He would n't be able to you know , okay he 'd probably potter about on a restoration job but I mean that 's not |
| 29 | Because otherwise you would n't be able to it 'd take three days to clear so that 's the best way to do it . |
| 30 | Aye but you would n't be able to would you ? |