Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you know , let's not talk him all the time because I think some of our players gave good performances today . |
| 2 | It no longer functioned as a club ; members could not understand what all the others were up to , and were aware that the interests of physicists and of biologists might be opposed . |
| 3 | Mair interviewed a clutch of former BR executives who claimed they had been made redundant for pressing their inquiries too closely , and the understandably defensive chairman of British Rail 's Parcels Board , Gordon Pettitt , who admitted that things had gone wrong but could n't see what all the fuss was about . |
| 4 | But they ca n't ignore them all the time . |
| 5 | What you want to go interfering for she burst out , leave me and my family alone , little busy body always sticking your nose into other people 's affairs , Daryl 's temper flared up , I do n't she said , you gua rd your tongue Sally , I never meant to interfere and I ca n't think what all the fuss is about , either you have a sister or you have n't , I do n't care . |
| 6 | but I ca n't drink it all the time |
| 7 | Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't tell you all the details yet , ’ Mould explained . |
| 9 | I ca n't see what all the fuss was about . |
| 10 | Darlington Civic Theatre CA N'T see what all the fuss was about really . |
| 11 | I ca n't understand what all the fuss is about . |
| 12 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |
| 13 | You ca n't please everyone all the time , but the Catholic church has not done too badly , over the years . |
| 14 | Surely to goodness the damned thing wo n't Follow me all the days of my life , |
| 15 | In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough . |
| 16 | Personally I can not see what all the fuss has been about . ’ |