Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not possibly tell him the truth , as that would scare the daylights out of him . |
| 2 | Peggy did n't quite see how when she could n't even say what the thief looked like . |
| 3 | Nigel could n't actually see what the doctor was writing on the other side of his desk , but he could guess . |
| 4 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 5 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 6 | A political gamble was taken too : that if hostages were released , Americans would not greatly mind what the price or the means had been . |
| 7 | Although the naming process is basic to clustering , I shall not always say what the names are . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't exactly call it the uncharted wilderness . ’ |
| 9 | Would n't even tell me the coaches you know . |
| 10 | I would n't even know what the purpose would be for doing it , really . |
| 11 | It 's the other kind of thinking I 've never been able to muster , the long-term stuff , ‘ Never confuse strategy with tactics , ’ one of my tutors advised me , but I ca n't even remember what the words mean . |
| 12 | Or a lousy hairbrush and a ca n't even remember what the present was , it was enthralling ! |
| 13 | Well I ca n't just remember what the word is now . |
| 14 | He ca n't always remember what the symbols in the code stand for . |
| 15 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 16 | I am doing the firm no harm by tipping you off like this because Kovacs recommends you to buy a clock from them that will not simply tell you the time . |
| 17 | Making a test piece will not only give you the correct tension but will also show up how often you need to cross the cables . |
| 18 | Most of you wo n't even know who the MCofS are ; you 're certainly not all members ( did you know you could be ? ) and you probably do n't belong to an affiliated club . |
| 19 | In fact , of course , we can not even measure what the initial state was , because to do so we would have to take the brain apart . |
| 20 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 21 | If , however , the examiner can not read the words , he can not possibly give you the credit that should be yours . |