Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] n't [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was absolutely no reason why I should n't be straight arrow and honest with them . |
| 2 | and er they were queuing up there so I could n't be bothered standing in the queue , so I did n't . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't be missing grandchildren so much , but … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I can read not badly , but I would n't be any good on stage . ’ |
| 5 | If I do n't go along with Roman I could well land in gaol , and I would n't be any good to anyone behind bars , would I ? |
| 6 | But what can I do , I ca n't be two places at once |
| 7 | I 'll have to perform , I ca n't be missing cuts . |
| 8 | I wo n't be two ticks . ’ |
| 9 | I wo n't be dying bedridden . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I wo n't be ten minutes , ’ replied Oliver eagerly , and he ran out into the street . |
| 11 | I wo n't be any trouble . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I wo n't be any trouble . |
| 13 | I know I wo n't be any good at this — they 'll just laugh at me . |
| 14 | And I sha n't be that sort of person , she thought . |
| 15 | Much as she 'd liked Josh , she could n't be sure Marianne was n't right — and if Dane could let her down , then why should n't his playwright friend ? |
| 16 | ‘ Then you ca n't be certain lass . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ To be world champion you ca n't be any slouch . |
| 18 | You ca n't be three times Where 's tonight gone ? |
| 19 | Well she ca n't be much cop if she 'd open her legs to a first date to a Dutch s sailor . |
| 20 | He reckons that 's a sign she ca n't be any good . ’ |
| 21 | You were there for four years and the they , they did n't just , if you were n't in by ten and you did n't get your proper night 's sleep then you would n't be any good on the wards the next morning . |
| 22 | ‘ You would n't be any use at the job , if you had nothing to lose . |
| 23 | she wo n't be any use to anyway ! |
| 24 | You wo n't be any good at this " . |
| 25 | But that does n't mean we ca n't be true Christians in private and keep the Old Faith alive for the day when the Protestants see the error of their ways . " |
| 26 | ‘ Good thing it 's Curtius , ’ Magda said , ‘ if'n he blows his brains out , at least we wo n't be all day scraping them off the floor . |
| 27 | Nan you 'll love why do n't you go back and watch your programme and have a sit down and we wo n't be two ticks eating these . |
| 28 | ‘ The question of whether all listed companies should be included was discussed by the committee but — and it 's a hard line , perhaps — if the directors ca n't fulfil the responsibilities of stewardship expected of them , then perhaps they should n't be listed companies . ’ |
| 29 | They need n't be any bother or trouble and of course I should buy them myself — ’ |
| 30 | They would n't be much trouble during the year , one doing agriculture , one studying for a B.Comm . |