Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who could n't get in pushed the Citroën , and three managed to get onto the moped . |
| 2 | and , and you know you could n't get a lot of money , although of course nationally , the rates of pay were governed nationally , they were going up and up and up and there was no way that we could keep pace , we could n't keep on increasing the tuppeny fare . |
| 3 | However , one has to bear in mind that at the last meeting of the West Essex Health Authority erm they are saying that they ca n't carry on treating the same amount of people erm , because they 're overspend already this year and that they will not treat these er , extra contractual referrals without prior funding being approved and that was co , that was actually stated at the meeting last week . |
| 4 | You ca n't go on wearing the willow forever . ’ |
| 5 | " It 's not just because of us and because I ca n't go on tricking the Sisters . |
| 6 | They ca n't go on making the same widget day after day . |
| 7 | They ca n't get out and the media ca n't get in to tell the story . |
| 8 | She wo n't get up to feed the swine |
| 9 | Feminists in the party claim there is a glass ceiling which most women can not break through to win the most influential posts . |
| 10 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 11 | Furthermore [ thumma anna ] they are dead and can not come back to join the revenge squads in the Middle East and the four corners of the world . |
| 12 | Some older people who live alone or who can not get out appreciate the security of knowing that they can contact someone in an emergency . |