Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [adv prt] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You ca n't go on wearing the willow forever . ’ |
| 4 | " It 's not just because of us and because I ca n't go on tricking the Sisters . |
| 5 | They ca n't go on making the same widget day after day . |
| 6 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |