Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Sorry to start that way up , but still that 's the way , should n't do it that way I get confused whether I 'm putting the right word down . |
2 | She could not stand it another minute . |
3 | Further , employers could not have it both ways ; if they sought summary conviction before justices of the peace , they could hardly have had penalties of a harshness imposable only by the courts . |
4 | Ideally we might have preferred a juvenile actress , but with the restrictions on the hours children can work in Television we knew we could n't do it that way . ’ |
5 | ‘ Oh no , you could n't do it that way otherwise the horse would be certain to win . ’ |
6 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
7 | I could n't fancy it this year , you know , but er |
8 | Turned back to Ormanroyd who could n't control it first time and that was enough for Forest to win it back . |
9 | She could n't have it both ways . |
10 | He could n't have it both ways . |
11 | She that er that cream , and I could n't doing it any good . |
12 | If we started with a clean sheet of paper we would not plan it that way . |
13 | Think it 's used to you in that I do n't know what , I do n't tell Ron , well he knows how I felt cos I said course I 'm , god he said , is that a performance , he said I have n't sat on your knee for ages , I said no I just feel like it , before we went out and er , I said well I do n't think there 's anything the matter do you , I said with him back there saying make sure Mr Hudson has the notes , and he said no , he said , he said he would n't leave it seven months he said |
14 | If it worked , which it would n't , I would n't want it that way . |
15 | I would n't do it that way personally but then |
16 | A good feed would n't do it any 'arm , ’ the old man growled back . |
17 | no , no , no , I certainly would n't put it that way erm but certainly in times of war one of the jobs of the press , I think , is to erm keep and eye on the morale of the country and that sort of thing erm |
18 | I would n't call it healthy eating . |
19 | I 'm I 'll I ca n't manage it this side of the weekend . |
20 | In his opening remarks in Russian , he said : ‘ I do n't like being the centre of a sensation , but I know I ca n't avoid it this time . ’ |
21 | If if I say well let's try and add up a sixth and a twelfth and most people want to add the six and the twelve together and things like that but you ca n't do it that way you 'll have to change them both into something that 's the same . |
22 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
23 | Sometimes you ca n't do it that way though can you ? |
24 | you ca n't do it that way , you just slide the pack out |
25 | And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday . |
26 | We ca n't do it next Saturday because erm we 've got two people , a Scotsman married to a Chinese |
27 | I ca n't do it next week , I ca n't do it next week . |
28 | I ca n't do it next week , I ca n't do it next week . |
29 | Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) . |
30 | But i i it 's yo you ca n't do it this term because maths is never ready it always has to be done erm next term . |