Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 3 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 4 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 5 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 6 | I would n't bounce at the same time |
| 7 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 9 | And I did n't go , but a chap that I knew from whose name I ca n't remember at the moment , did go and he was killed within about three months of his er arriving in Africa . |
| 10 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 11 | I ca n't get at the underside of my staircase ; how can I fix loose treads from above ? |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't train at the moment , ’ he added . |
| 13 | I will not live at the mercy of my hormones , she told herself savagely . |
| 14 | Tilly , stopping Right I wo n't look at the answers . |
| 15 | 160 , and to us in this court , he imagined that the judges must have assumed jurisdiction by virtue of their inherent power to determine who may and who may not plead at the Bar before them . |
| 16 | Because games may vary slightly in length you may not start at the exact time given . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you might not balk at a straight proposition . ’ |
| 18 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 19 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 20 | Jimmy Smith polled ten per cent … surprisingly he was beaten by Steve Coppell … but the top two were way ahead … second big Billy Hamilton the ex United striker … and top by a long way the man who could n't live at the Manor with the Maxwells … |
| 21 | In addition , for any reader who has a small workshop with a minimum of machinery here is an area of work where you need not feel at a disadvantage . |
| 22 | However , remember that in working with check lists it is n't crucial , to start with , if you ca n't arrive at an exact technical phonetic description straight off — as long as you can distinguish between same and different you can still make progress . |
| 23 | You ca n't stand at the front door and say no you ca n't come in at all apart from its being completely irrational erm the point would be that , because I have an obligation to carry out this work , I have a right to the means to fulfil that obligation . |
| 24 | Now of course you ca n't predict at the level of the individual school what the population is going to be , but you can nevertheless be very clear that the system as a whole is going to have many erm fewer pupils . |
| 25 | The result is as many blank pages as Ventura can build into the current chapter and you ca n't get at the tagged block of text to de-select it ! |
| 26 | ‘ More people now appreciate that you ca n't look at a relationship and say , ‘ It has n't got a hope ’ . |
| 27 | If you ca n't look at the rushes , you come in every day wondering . |
| 28 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 29 | With that Honourable he could approach a ready Miss D'Arcy who would not look at a tradesman , a craftsman , let alone a common man whatever his industry or honesty . |
| 30 | She ca n't talk at the moment . |