Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belinda Hazel , 31 , said : ‘ Police should n't chase them at such speeds — then it would n't happen . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think that either Floy could n't leave them for some reason , or — ’ |
| 3 | You could n't leave them in those days because there was no social security . |
| 4 | The registry office could n't marry them at such short notice and they must wait until the following day . |
| 5 | We could n't fire them in 1945 because we ran out of fuel . |
| 6 | No , she could n't help them at all . |
| 7 | Well if they actually took the time to explain to you what went into those sausages , you probably would n't eat them at all , would you ? |
| 8 | He was frequently arrogant and overbearing and far from suffering people he regarded as fools gladly , he would n't suffer them at all . |
| 9 | If consumers had to suffer all the pollution caused by the products they bought , they would n't buy them in such damaging quantities . |
| 10 | Erm but of course to provide erm electricity on a larger scale , you ca n't put these things too close together , you need about er a thousand of those to , for example , to replace say a power station like Didcot and er and a thousand of these windmills would o occupy about three hundred square miles , and this is what three hundred square miles looks like er it 's , it 's the major part of , of central L you would n't put them in central London of course but erm gives you some idea of the sort of area you 'd have to devote to wind farms if you were to use this particular type of er of energy . |
| 11 | He fantasized about all the ones he could have had if only he 'd been sure that a gnarled form in holey sweaters would n't join them at 1 a.m . |
| 12 | You would n't call them like flashy locks or you know , like mortice as you fit in the door or anything like that . |
| 13 | When we are old we take longer to recover and because we ca n't discharge them to nursing kind of beds then there 'll be back up in the John Radcliffe Hospital and extra pressure there . |
| 14 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 15 | South Sussex may be ludicrously over-confident , but we ca n't beat them with three players . ’ |
| 16 | However , how does that come about , I mean if supposing you were a , a member of a very large group like the Catholic Church getting on to a billion people say , well you ca n't possibly identify with a billion other people you ca n't meet them in one lifetime let alone ties with them , so how does , how does narcissistic libido unify the members of vast groups like the Catholic Church ? |
| 17 | I ca n't leave them like this ! ’ |
| 18 | You ca n't sing them in nineteen ninety three and get away with it . |
| 19 | ‘ We ca n't match them at that but they ca n't match the way we play . |
| 20 | I thought you ca n't see them at all can you |
| 21 | The parents ca n't see them like this . ’ |
| 22 | We ca n't have them till this work 's done |
| 23 | Ca n't have them in mucky dishes . |
| 24 | You know , you ca n't amuse them at that ta er can you ? |
| 25 | I ca n't criticise them in any way . |
| 26 | Their value is 200 GCs if sold to a collector ; non-collectors wo n't buy them at any price . |
| 27 | But Crosby wo n't see them in reserve team action tonight because he 's set to be away on scouting business . |