Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [vb infin] [indef pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After several years as a regular contributor and recipient of the irascible Mahor 's voluminous correspondence , he was due to succeed as editor of Cricket Quarterly in 1970 , and was foiled by a change of mind : ‘ he decided that it was too personal a project , and he could n't let anyone else take it on , ’ he remembers . |
| 2 | Hm , oh they are are n't they , beautiful fish , but erm , I could n't see anybody here paying . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't find anybody else to take it … ’ |
| 4 | ( One could be forgiven for thinking one could n't get anyone else to work with one , but one would be wrong-ish . ) |
| 5 | She says I would n't want anyone else to go through this . |
| 6 | Would n't let anyone else stay . |
| 7 | I would n't let anyone else find that letter if I were you . |
| 8 | No I would n't let anybody else touch me person . |
| 9 | She would n't allow anyone else to do it and , of course , with her broken arm after the fall , she could n't . |
| 10 | ‘ It ca n't do anyone any harm , so do n't worry . ’ |
| 11 | If you do n't know what you want to communicate you ca n't make anyone else understand . |
| 12 | If you 're close to another woman — I 'm bisexual — you ca n't let anyone else see that , for the fear of being split up . |
| 13 | That has been such a constant that I ca n't believe anyone still falls for it … ’ |
| 14 | Amy wo n't do it and I ca n't find anyone even to come in and keep it tidy . ’ |
| 15 | Now I ca n't imagine anyone else playing Ratso , ’ said Schlesinger . |
| 16 | This is why you and Chris are so alike , you wo n't let anybody fucking finish what they 're gon na say ! |
| 17 | ‘ If it is a great record I obviously wo n't let anyone else have it but if it is a record of David Gedge singing in the bath and only 13 people want to hear it , why bother putting it on RCA ? , ’ says Marshall . |
| 18 | ‘ She ca n't keep her husband and wo n't let anyone else have him . |