Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , it was the same reliance on that market that also killed it , as BMC realised it could n't economically meet the new US emissions and safety requirements of the late '60s . |
| 2 | It 's inconceivable that Andrew did n't eventually know what was going on . |
| 3 | What 's the point in having secrets , if you ca n't eventually share them ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If you stay here a bit longer , ’ Tremayne said , ‘ and if you ride schooling satisfactorily , I do n't see why you should n't eventually have a mount in an amateur race , if you put your mind to it . ’ |
| 5 | I could n't 'ardly credit it . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I never did , ’ said Mrs Beavis in astonishment , ‘ I ca n't 'ardly credit Sergeant Joe doin' a thing like that . |
| 7 | I can only assume that manufacturers who do n't properly configure the machines they sell are either lazy or careless . |
| 8 | I ca n't properly take it all in . |
| 9 | The name change was necessary , it was argued , because the original name referred to a single event that had taken place over a decade previously , that it gave the wrong image , and did n't properly describe the work being done by the organisation . |
| 10 | That chilled me in a way I ca n't properly describe . |
| 11 | ‘ So you do n't properly believe me either ? ’ |
| 12 | And the theory of evolution which does n't properly understand the nature of these structures is really a jolly incomplete theory . |
| 13 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 14 | He claimed he could n't properly see the dials and light indicators on the dashboard , as they were obscured by the leather Momo steering wheel . |
| 15 | We can all still bring leather in from our friends in Australia but for reasons that I do n't wholly understand , this is very much dearer than the local er supplies available and for the time being it 's not of interest to the saddlery-makers in Walsall . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't right remember , Ma — ‘ |
| 17 | Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’ |
| 18 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
| 19 | Added to all this , the existing quality control contamination test did n't effectively measure the true contamination level . |
| 20 | You can use drama without specifically teaching about dramatic forms ( although in using drama as a learning medium , you can not help but make use of dramatic forms ) , but you ca n't effectively teach anything about the nature of dramatic forms without some sort of content . |
| 21 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 22 | But I must admit I ca n't altogether make it out . " |
| 23 | Kersey watched the gulls and tried various gambits to draw him out , succeeding at last : ‘ I suppose Sara 's story is credible and you ca n't altogether blame her for not coming out with it sooner . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You ca n't altogether blame them . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 26 | I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim . |
| 27 | And I can promise you that it will be twelve weeks of absolute hell , ’ he added , sounding as if the idea did n't altogether displease him . |
| 28 | ‘ That sounds as though you do n't altogether approve of him , ’ said Julia . |
| 29 | She felt it did n't altogether suit her . |
| 30 | And he gives me a look of a kind that I do n't altogether like . |