Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nine out of 10 said you should n't go all the way unless both you and the girl want to . |
| 2 | You should n't take all the blame . |
| 3 | Although Laura would have liked a grand white wedding with all the trimmings , her mother had suddenly been taken ill , and clearly could n't manage all the organisation necessary for such an affair . |
| 4 | They could n't contemplate such a situation with a united Germany and their allies in the Eastern bloc in chaotic pursuit of democracy . |
| 5 | you know , I , I could n't bring all the fish I mean I just put some on the table I could n't bring all the champion of champions |
| 6 | Lowe could n't handle all the deference that went with even minor royalty . |
| 7 | But all the same I could n't make such a move without giving it some thought , ’ Paula said grandly . |
| 8 | But we could n't eat all the curry it was very , both of us at one time , we could have scoffed the lot ! |
| 9 | I I got to that erm question you know you said could n't do any the geometry do the rest . |
| 10 | This was mostly a matter of scale ; Pete 's feeling was that you could n't own such a place , you could only be owned by it . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , Dad , ’ answered his daughter , ‘ but I could n't get all the soap off ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They could n't get all the shrapnel out . ’ |
| 13 | I could n't remember such a bustle and hubbub in our yard before . |
| 14 | Dot wished that the metal caps on Gloria 's high-heels would n't make such a tapping as they walked . |
| 15 | She would never say so , and I probably would n't think such a thing if I were n't pregnant , but pregnant — me thinks : she 's keeping something of me , something of the child I was , in those trunks down there , so as not to lose me entirely , so as not to lose my childhood completely . |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't do such a thing — unlike some people around here , ’ she added under her breath , referring to the time when Mildred had accidently changed Ethel into a pig during their first term at the school . |
| 17 | ‘ I know people might say ‘ Well she would say that , would n't she ? ’ but you have to know my girls to know they just would n't do such a thing . |
| 18 | No , I knew she would n't do such a thing . |
| 19 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 20 | They would n't do such a thing . |
| 21 | With luck , with extreme luck , the curtain would n't go all the way down to the river 's bed . |
| 22 | Laurence Stone , 27 , blacksmith ( right ) : ‘ I would n't wear this every day on the street but it would be good fun for a club . ’ |
| 23 | Maybe a woman would n't present such a threat , would n't panic the man . |
| 24 | And I mean I would n't I mean it 's no way , even Sid says I would n't drive all the way up there to see them . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've no idea , Tom , but I would n't put such a question to anyone else , if I was you . |
| 26 | Well they would n't understand all the rest . |
| 27 | I did n't have a lot of affection for her , but I would n't wish such a fate on my worst enemy . |
| 28 | I would n't call that lo I would n't call that a petrol account . |
| 29 | But you would n't call that a spanking . |
| 30 | If you take the extreme Stoke Peterborough you would n't call that a Derby or Oxford versus Derby County . |