Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry , I should n't do it the other side cos it wobbled . |
| 2 | We 're simply saying that if we 're going to build the vehicle over there with in excess of 60 per cent local content , you should n't charge us the 10 per cent duty . |
| 3 | Er mental torture , I just could n't handle it no more . |
| 4 | You could n't give me a few more equations just |
| 5 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
| 6 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 7 | He did n't know , he could n't give you a theological explanation of what the kingdom of God was . |
| 8 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 9 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 10 | I could n't face it a second time . |
| 11 | Because obviously if you had one particular factory on the tideway and another producing an identical product and identical effluent in one of the tributaries , you could n't treat them the same because they 're patently different cases . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ For , by God , they do n't know it , but they could n't do us a better service . |
| 13 | Well you could n't find them the other day , you said they were n't there did n't you ? |
| 14 | They could n't get her a new one ! |
| 15 | Martin Amis in 1980 when his Money could n't buy him a decent shirt |
| 16 | He would n't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like , because he did n't know himself . |
| 17 | ‘ Corps would n't tell me the latest position on the phone , sir , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 18 | ‘ If they would n't tell us the first time , why should they do so now ? ’ |
| 19 | He would n't begrudge me an extra glass . |
| 20 | No , I , I would n't write her a snidey letter , I 'd sit down and say look . |
| 21 | and you 'd hang it up like they are now , you see , till next day , you would n't touch them no more . |
| 22 | Well I would n't call me a roly |
| 23 | He was only getting him little gigs here and there and you would n't call him a dynamic person . |
| 24 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 25 | I want to let you know about a study we have initiated on the usual basis of ( almost ) nil funds — hence we ca n't offer you a lucrative contract ! |
| 26 | ‘ It ca n't do you no good if you spit it out . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 28 | If you just pick up a sherd of pottery , okay , that really by itself ca n't tell you an awful lot . |
| 29 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
| 30 | I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had . |