Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [vb infin] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we should n't look at the box |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 3 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 4 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 5 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |
| 6 | Lowe could n't know at the time how much both his private life and his work were about to go right . |
| 7 | Jimmy Smith polled ten per cent … surprisingly he was beaten by Steve Coppell … but the top two were way ahead … second big Billy Hamilton the ex United striker … and top by a long way the man who could n't live at the Manor with the Maxwells … |
| 8 | For a while , the working title of ‘ Homebrew ’ was ‘ Feminist Slag ’ , to signify that feminism need n't come at the cost of ‘ being able to let your sexuality really express itself ’ . |
| 9 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 10 | She said it was premature but she had n't made any , provision for it , and would n't look at the baby . |
| 11 | When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? " |
| 12 | She ca n't talk at the moment . |
| 13 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 14 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
| 15 | Now of course you ca n't predict at the level of the individual school what the population is going to be , but you can nevertheless be very clear that the system as a whole is going to have many erm fewer pupils . |
| 16 | If you ca n't look at the rushes , you come in every day wondering . |
| 17 | And I did n't go , but a chap that I knew from whose name I ca n't remember at the moment , did go and he was killed within about three months of his er arriving in Africa . |
| 18 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 19 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 20 | I ca n't get at the underside of my staircase ; how can I fix loose treads from above ? |
| 21 | ‘ So we ca n't get at the marriage certificate , ’ George brooded . |
| 22 | Our problem is we ca n't get at the buyers . |
| 23 | afford , ca n't afford at the minute , I was just saying to dad Bri 's gon na get us some shopping on his cheque book , I tell you , did I tell you about his embarrassing moment ? |
| 24 | erm Is education as good , we all think it 's a splendid idea , but surely in this , this day of , of crisis , financial crisis , of hardship , of shutting down hospitals , erm people losing their jobs , surely this is something we really ca n't afford at the scale at it exists at present ? |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't train at the moment , ’ he added . |
| 26 | We ca n't buy at the moment . |
| 27 | ca n't find at the moment . |
| 28 | THE determined but unpopular Jeremy Isaacs , yet to achieve a gong , has been upsetting the Establishment with his high-handed behaviour at the Royal Opera House to such an extent that there is now a new saying doing the rounds , namely : ‘ This is one knight that wo n't happen at the Opera ! ’ |
| 29 | Speedy wo n't agree at the moment because he 's writhing in agony and there 's a little bit of retribution that followed that . |
| 30 | You wo n't , you definitely wo n't ask at the end of the first not a hope in hell begin the second , cos you might ask at the end of the second appointment . |