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 . ’
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