Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But excuse me , my grandmother , I must n't keep her in the cold . ’ |
2 | You must n't put them in the front ! |
3 | But a childhood gaining a reputation as an impulsive scatterbrain should n't preclude her from the same opportunities and privileges her brother received , should it ? |
4 | No , I should n't put them in the garage they 'll get damp there . |
5 | ( Nerves do n't count — you should n't have them after the practice sessions . ) |
6 | The sign should n't say anything about the roads , instead it should say in huge luminous letters : ‘ Island People Are Different ’ . |
7 | and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ? |
8 | Erm , we , we could n't nominate anyone at the A G M , no one was willing to do it . |
9 | ‘ Rose felt we could n't leave it until the morning . |
10 | small room , you could n't leave anything on the walls so it would all be a come down at night , back up in the morning |
11 | We could n't bring her into the house because we had an old cat and we had no spare kennels , so that just left the caravan . |
12 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
13 | My mum could n't stand it in the end she sa let's get back to bomb there ! |
14 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
15 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
16 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
17 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
18 | He explained he was having a dizzy spell and could n't make it to the doctor 's , so I drove him there . |
19 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
20 | She could n't decipher it in the pitch black . |
21 | ‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’ |
22 | Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight . |
23 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |
24 | You could n't tell it from the real thing . ’ |
25 | Sometimes our bodies and minds seek excuses to experience griefs that we may have put aside or denied because we could n't face them at the time . |
26 | and we could n't eat it on the Sunday and |
27 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
28 | And I could n't do anything about the body , could I ? |
29 | But , since she could n't do anything about the car situation until that wretched part had been delivered , should n't she concentrate her worries on what she could do something about ? |
30 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |