Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of returning to the dressing-room to change as she normally did , she made her way through the backstage area back into the club , determined that he should n't simply disappear without trace as he 'd done on the previous evenings . |
| 2 | I could n't even sing in church . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't even sing in church . |
| 4 | Erm however absolute egalitarianism showed that it could n't actually work in practice because there was n't they underestimated the amount of land which , that could be redistributed and you had leftist and rightist deviations where which meant that how that industry and commerce was being threatened and landlords were just being indiscriminately killed . |
| 5 | We could n't really fail at home , not with this support . ’ |
| 6 | One area in which the CEGB could n't always rely on support was the media . |
| 7 | You 've talked about fairly large distances , distances that you could n't possibly measure with tape measures and using normal methods of measurement , how on earth do you know these distances are the kind you describe ? |
| 8 | At last she had managed to persuade Miss Taylor that she could n't possibly stay for lunch , that she and Fen planned to picnic while he worked . |
| 9 | The designers have produced a complete range , including shoes you would n't normally associate with Doc Martens . |
| 10 | I would n't even go to limbo , Bernard , because I know about Him and have n't converted : I 'll have to go to hell . |
| 11 | It would n't even get to prosecution . |
| 12 | Even if I was paid twice what I get at the cafe , I still would n't bloody stick at home all day . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean , we ca n't simply go from table to table asking , can we ? ’ |
| 14 | You Dublin geezers are so bent , you ca n't even lie in bed straight ! ’ |
| 15 | I 'm saying is , is you ought to get very close to that geographical map because it 's the logistic logistics er difficulty with getting , and you ought to know where there are mountains and where there are valleys and the fact that that , in South Wales they ca n't just go across country , they have to go back down the valley after the M four and up again . |
| 16 | But of course you ca n't just go by character . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But you ca n't just sit at home all day . ’ |
| 18 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 19 | She likes the company of young people and finds they often talk to her about things they ca n't always discuss at home . |
| 20 | But I mean if you 're puking up everywhere you ca n't obviously go into work can you ? |
| 21 | Now you ca n't actually park by casualty 's door , you 're going to have to park a little bit before that . |
| 22 | I ca n't really stay in bed past nine o'clock . |
| 23 | Do you know y y you , it 's a different aspect , you go out here and all you see everything at ground level and you ca n't really see on top of everything |
| 24 | You ca n't really profit by being second best |
| 25 | And remember that the benefits wo n't usually change with inflation — so a figure that looks more like a telephone number now than a pension may be much smaller , in real terms , when you retire . |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't ever go to church again . |