Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] n't take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically , the latest , and I must n't take any credit , and there seemed to be some credit , Chair . |
| 2 | At that stage in my life I could n't take any kind of failure , and so this latter model of womanhood was as unacceptable to me as the former . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't take that responsibility . |
| 4 | Because I ca n't take any freedom . |
| 5 | Because I ca n't take any freedom . |
| 6 | Well I ca n't take any time off until after the exams , once the exams are over |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't take these calls here . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't take this case . |
| 9 | I wo n't take that word . |
| 10 | I wo n't take that risk . ’ |
| 11 | Well I said but what whatever happens you must n't take any money ! |
| 12 | You should n't take that word , well |
| 13 | When she could n't take another step she turned and looked behind her . |
| 14 | She could n't take any man seriously — or at least not one she 'd yet met . |
| 15 | If you 're the sort of person who thinks that Parliamentary democracy is a reasonably important thing , you could n't take much pleasure from the findings of the enquiry into the way Rover was sold off . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't take one decision on a particular area of reform in isolation because everything relates to some other aspect , so we are carrying the study of the different components of reform forward on a broad front . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't be silly , Maggie , you ca n't take that attitude . ’ |
| 18 | You were very tightly corseted , which makes any exertion almost impossible because if you ca n't fill your lungs to take enough air then obviously you ca n't take enough exercise , which is why a lot of women would faint with shock or horror because any sort of sharp intake of breath , and they 'd be flat on their backs , unconscious . |
| 19 | You ca n't take these ones seriously because you 're |
| 20 | You ca n't take any booze in there either . |
| 21 | You ca n't take barren spells in isolation . ’ |
| 22 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 23 | She would n't take foolish risks . |
| 24 | Surely you would n't take that money away from me ? |
| 25 | Come on look at her yeah , she 's got a really good figure , she 's not ugly she 's got a good er I mean she 's really tanned and that , they like that and she 's really cocky is n't she and she wo n't take any shit from anyone |
| 26 | She wo n't take any rent — says the fact that I will be in the house and that the outbuildings will be put to good use is enough . |
| 27 | And you 're a fool , because love is near you , and you wo n't take one step to reach it . ’ |
| 28 | Her dramatic assertion may have been wish fulfilment , a hyperbolic statement expressing her real desires , but with such an unstable outlook we could n't take any chances : publication was brought forward to June . |
| 29 | We needed to make a statement to Dutch society , a warning that we would n't take similar attacks lying down . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's bad if we ca n't take one day off , ’ he said laughingly . |