Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pers pn] [det] [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 | ‘ I was contacted — by the consul in Monte — oh , I should n't tell you these things , but … ’ |
| 4 | Randall , 38 , who hit more than 1,000 first-class runs for Nottinghamshire , said : ‘ I 've had a bit of cartilage trimmed off , but it feels fine now and should n't cause me any problems at all next season . ’ |
| 5 | She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh no , you could n't do it that way otherwise the horse would be certain to win . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I could n't fancy it this year , you know , but er |
| 10 | ‘ You could n't lend me some money , Sam ? ’ |
| 11 | She could n't have it both ways . |
| 12 | He could n't have it both ways . |
| 13 | The target , he was already fidgety , I could n't follow him all day , not a target who was that sharp . |
| 14 | Not that I could n't ring you any time while they 're here , ’ she added hurriedly , as if feeling guilty of being underhand while her parents were out of the way . |
| 15 | You could n't cut them that day cos they were hot , you see , the day you killed them the , cos father was a rare man he , when we got , we got two fridges , we used to kill a week in hand , you see , one lot was in one fridge , that was in there a week before we touched it yeah . |
| 16 | He was a nice person and I think he was genuinely interested in how David was getting on , although he could n't get him any bookings . |
| 17 | She that er that cream , and I could n't doing it any good . |
| 18 | If it worked , which it would n't , I would n't want it that way . |
| 19 | ‘ He admitted that there was someone else , but he would n't give me any details . |
| 20 | You would n't give me some tea , would you , if I come home with you ? |
| 21 | But she would n't give him that satisfaction . |
| 22 | The official appointment would n't give him more money . |
| 23 | I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’ |
| 24 | He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them . |
| 25 | There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think . |
| 26 | In fact there 's been some discussion of this lately , John Elston has argued that if jurors knew that that 's why they were chosen to go on the jury , it would destabilize the princi the practice of it because if you knew you were going on jury just for self-education rather than to get the right results out the other end , then this would n't give you any way of motivating yourself properly for the jury . |
| 27 | would n't give you any marks for that . |
| 28 | I they would n't give you any points . |
| 29 | They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’ |
| 30 | 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 |