Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [vb infin] him [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't understand him really saying that . |
| 2 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 3 | Nobody there , but he could n't be more than a few yards away and Forester 's fingers would n't obey him enough to get the buckles properly secured . |
| 4 | Ca n't remember him ever talking to me about this . |
| 5 | He does n't tell us anything about that side of things but I ca n't imagine him ever finishing with someone . |
| 6 | Somehow I ca n't imagine him ever giving money away — except by mistake on a race course or at the gambling tables ! |
| 7 | ‘ He has that particular continental style but it wo n't take him long to gel . |