Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] to a " in BNC.
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1 | Obviously I could n't mime to a voice of seventeen years ago , no way on earth ! |
2 | ‘ It 's a positive thing , but then I would n't go to a Vets race that was n't in some way useful to me . |
3 | I would n't go to a doctor there because of this malignant thing so I just managed till we came back |
4 | I would n't go to a neighbouring track to watch . |
5 | I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales . |
6 | is something that I would not say to a French lady , something that I could say to my daughter , right ? |
7 | ‘ Granted , I ca n't point to a place on the map and say this is where we are , but I 've got a pretty good idea . ’ |
8 | I wo n't go to a catalogue for mine . |
9 | ‘ I wo n't agree to a divorce , ’ he warned , and moved closer , as if trying to intimidate her physically with the powerful bulk of his body . |
10 | You may not react to a casual slight about colonial manners , but I do . |
11 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
12 | But she could n't go to a television interview like this , without make-up . |
13 | You ca n't speak to a computer . |
14 | You ca n't go to a Catholic church here . |
15 | I mean you ca n't go to a pub without singing . |
16 | The reasoning behind that is that come from a lower class generally if you ca n't you know you ca n't go to a nursery school cos you have to pay for nursery school education in this country . |
17 | You ca n't explain to a child . ‘ |
18 | It is the sort of thing you ca n't explain to a child . ’ |
19 | er the calls are totally confidential and it would depend entirely on the child as to really what happened , because er you ca n't say to a child ‘ right I 'm going to report this ’ , it does n't happen like that . |
20 | • If you ca n't get to a World Championship this video is the next best . |
21 | Then get a good tan ( if you ca n't get to a sunbed try rubbing yourself with brown boot polish ) . |
22 | If you ca n't get to a specialist finance library or your library does n't have your texts , we can help you : and we can lend books to you if you give us your membership number and address . |
23 | You would n't go to anyone else , because banks are where you go for finance , and you would n't go to a shady one , because that 's not sound business practice . ’ |
24 | well you would n't go to a breakers would you ? |
25 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
26 | You can not go to a Franciscan centre without coming face to face with Francis ' emphasis on the cross . |
27 | If you can not get to a manicurist , the following hints will help you achieve a salon finish for yourself at home . |
28 | You can not point to a wave and say , ‘ that is the wave I rode ’ , as you can say , ‘ that is the mountain I climbed ’ . |
29 | Erm , we would n't want the policy to progress so far erm as to get to the stage of looking for a specific site and for us to pull the rug underneath the County , and for other authorities to pull the rug from underneath the County at that stage , erm to answer to Mr Heselton 's specific question , of course we would n't object to a new settlement er in Selby , but erm it does n't erm it does n't detract from our objection to erm the principle of the policy , the way the policy 's expressed . |
30 | A sign of our having grown up is not just that we would n't listen to a Top Twenty single even if by any chance we could , but that we organize life so that we will never have to listen , by chance , to a Top Twenty single . |