Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] get [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just gon na ring up cos mum could n't get through yesterday so she 's given me her credit card number to order things . |
| 2 | well I could n't get up there because she know |
| 3 | Well they would n't get on again if they objected would they ? |
| 4 | The bill would be around £75 but , as Mary had said , the van would n't get as far as Calais in its present state . |
| 5 | I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working . |
| 6 | Yeah well I ca n't , I ca n't get any further than that . |
| 7 | Occasionally you 'd get er hiccups you know where you ca n't get down there because the ground is boggy and it takes a little longer , and that sort of thing but the availability of water is , is , is pre-planned and given to you . |
| 8 | We , we ca n't get down there because that 's two days you know ? |
| 9 | A proper discussion of a football match can not occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game ; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide ( or perhaps its deletion from it ) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries ( though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It wo n't get as far as ‘ then what ’ , Ruth . |
| 11 | I can not get around now as I was once able to for my newspapers — but I stick to my policy now , as then , of wanting to see and size up would-be advertisers beforehand , so beg the pardon of the newcomers not included in my list . |
| 12 | The National Security Council , they insist , hums with meetings on just this , but the meetings can not get very far until more is known about how the post-war world looks . |