Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why Barny chose to eat his own chicks , but I must n't judge him in human terms . |
| 2 | No — I could n't justify it to other people . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ Josie said , turning her page and then refolding the newspaper to keep it manageable , ‘ I could n't tell you for sure . |
| 5 | Except that privately I was lauded quite a lot and told , ‘ Oh that 's good , keep going into the hospitals and doing that ’ , but people could n't acknowledge it in public because their jobs would be on the line . |
| 6 | He — he would n't leave me in meaningless dark forever . |
| 7 | I said I would n't do it on casual . |
| 8 | She was stricken and missed him terribly , but she would n't show it in public . |
| 9 | Erm but of course to provide erm electricity on a larger scale , you ca n't put these things too close together , you need about er a thousand of those to , for example , to replace say a power station like Didcot and er and a thousand of these windmills would o occupy about three hundred square miles , and this is what three hundred square miles looks like er it 's , it 's the major part of , of central L you would n't put them in central London of course but erm gives you some idea of the sort of area you 'd have to devote to wind farms if you were to use this particular type of er of energy . |
| 10 | The five minutes were almost up , and she would n't put it past Lori to leave if she was so much as a second late . |
| 11 | She would n't put it past fitzAlan to read her mind . |
| 12 | He realized with a stab of regret he had never once seen her face clearly , and if he went back to seek her out he would n't know her for sure among the many daughters of the chief . |
| 13 | You would n't call them like flashy locks or you know , like mortice as you fit in the door or anything like that . |
| 14 | Even the madmen would n't have him in real life , I 'd put money on it . |
| 15 | you ca n't draw it in yellow cos it do n't er take on this so I 'm going |
| 16 | I ca n't do mine with little one , I got like I 'll |
| 17 | Operator is slightly different , ca n't do it in other words . |
| 18 | When we are old we take longer to recover and because we ca n't discharge them to nursing kind of beds then there 'll be back up in the John Radcliffe Hospital and extra pressure there . |
| 19 | For once , you ca n't accuse us of self-promoting hyperbole when we described the show as ‘ the mightiest concert ever ! ’ |
| 20 | We ca n't leave him in British hands . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't appal you with gothic stories of ill-treated wives and neglected children . |
| 22 | You ca n't get it from ordinary social contact like sharing food , towels , toilets or hugs . |
| 23 | Ca n't have them in mucky dishes . |
| 24 | I ca n't believe it in actual , yeah but there was a fight or something so they might not have it again |
| 25 | ‘ I wo n't embarrass you by probing , ’ she said kindly . |
| 26 | ‘ Dhia , Mor , you women wo n't let her off easy , will you ! ’ |
| 27 | Raquel wo n't play me in new film , vows Liz |
| 28 | But Crosby wo n't see them in reserve team action tonight because he 's set to be away on scouting business . |