Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , if we have a petition like they do on the counter in Welfare Rights in the Town Hall , I do n't think there be any opposition to that and the Libraries for the setting up of a P D S A branch , you know , I do n't see why , why we should n't give it a try . |
| 2 | Ch Chairman I , I , I , I would agree with Mr that we might er successfully change the order , but we ca n't er and should n't make it a condition of issuing that statement of conformity that Aida have done those things . |
| 3 | So if you follow that , it should n't , should n't cause you a problem . |
| 4 | ‘ Too bad you could n't make me a mother . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 6 | Could n't give her a ring could you and ask her if she could have one ready for us ? |
| 7 | France and Spain , okay , if you only got one of those countries right we could n't give you the point , it has to be both , question eighteen , in which book would you find the character Long John Silver ? |
| 8 | You sat there , Robin Banko , and you wrote such total rubbish they could n't give you an A , B or C for a single subject . |
| 9 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 10 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
| 11 | He could n't tell me a price . |
| 12 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 13 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 14 | And I supplied , ooh could n't tell you the firms . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 17 | She could n't face them a minute longer . |
| 18 | He still could n't spare him a drop of real hatred , though — Carter was the one . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . " |
| 20 | You could you could n't bear them a night time . |
| 21 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 22 | Offcourse Howard Wilkinson could n't guarantee him a place in the first eleven and Mr Wilkinson told Strandli that if he wants to leave Leeds United that 's fine with him , but he wo n't let him go for ‘ nothing ’ . |
| 23 | The management of Roker FC could n't guarantee him a place in the side . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ They could n't deny him a priest and him in a place like that . ’ |
| 25 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 26 | ‘ I could n't see him the room was full with smoke . |
| 27 | To anyone who was claiming unemployment benefit or social security , which I do n't , I would imply that I 'd registered as ‘ outdoor clerical ’ or similar , and was n't it a disgrace they could n't find me a job ? |
| 28 | ‘ What about your lean old arse — I could n't call it a bum in all conscience — grinding away on the saddle of your bike ? ’ |
| 29 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 30 | highways and that sort of thing , and he does go to Farnsfield , and he does go to Oxford and back , and really all you need do is just send him , you need n't send him the minutes here , you just send him the notice of the meeting |