Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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1 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
2 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I know you could n't hurt her for the world . |
6 | Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see |
7 | I would n't hurt her for the world . ’ |
8 | He closed his eyes tightly ; then in a much quieter voice , he said , ‘ Pet , you know I would n't hurt you for the world , but you 're hurting me . |
9 | My life has changed and I live around the horses and would n't change it for the world now . |
10 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
11 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
12 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
13 | I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
14 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world ! ’ she replied , smiling . |
15 | As for this weekend 's display , Gary would n't miss it for the world . |
16 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
17 | We said we would n't charge them for the stage blocks . |
18 | these are my children , I would n't harm them for the world . |
19 | With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before . |
20 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
21 | ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals . |
22 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
23 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
24 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
25 | As we sat discussing her script in the BBC canteen , her determined manner and the intensity of her gaze occasionally reminded me — though she wo n't thank me for the comparison — of Margaret Thatcher . |
26 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
27 | ‘ If the right player becomes available , we wo n't lose him for the sake of an extra penny . ’ |