Example sentences of "[modal v] n't do [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah you 're okay , you can go swimming , it should n't do you any harm . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh no , you could n't do it that way otherwise the horse would be certain to win . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd be more worried about Tony , cos I do n't think Tony 's as well wise as Paul is , in some ways really for both of them it would n't do them any harm you know because look , they 're , they 're , they 're not typical lads in many ways |
| 8 | It would n't do him any harm to take this ungoverned creature for a short jaunt in the fields and the experience would give him a splendid ascendancy over Inspector Burden when he walked into the station at nine-thirty . |
| 9 | would n't do him any harm , but it would n't half make him go ah , cos it 's dead minty |
| 10 | Playing the Tory game does not work in securing power , and would n't do us any good in the long term even if it did . |
| 11 | ‘ Another couple of hours , at least , and it would n't do you any harm to wait a bit . ’ |
| 12 | I would n't do it that way personally but then |
| 13 | A good feed would n't do it any 'arm , ’ the old man growled back . |
| 14 | Well , it ca n't do him any harm where he 's gone . |
| 15 | Come off it I 'm afraid , we ca n't do them both ways . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sometimes you ca n't do it that way though can you ? |
| 19 | you ca n't do it that way , you just slide the pack out |
| 20 | And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday . |
| 21 | We ca n't do it next Saturday because erm we 've got two people , a Scotsman married to a Chinese |
| 22 | I ca n't do it next week , I ca n't do it next week . |
| 23 | I ca n't do it next week , I ca n't do it next week . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Howard says drearily if Labour ca n't do it this time they never will . |
| 27 | You 've got ta probe and establish the reasons why I 'm gon na talk to him and most people it 's , it 's , it 's a lie , they 're not gon na talk to him , they want to use the accountant as a reason to say oh erm I 'm , I ca n't do it this time the accountant said no or I 've not spoken to him yet I 'll have to put it off for a , for a bit longer |
| 28 | Probably , but you ca n't do it full time , you 've got to have breaks , you must have an hour break |
| 29 | They 're alright , they , it wo n't do them any harm . |
| 30 | That wo n't do me any harm , for my position is assured ; but you are just beginning your career and it will help you a great deal . |