Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] n't [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also I could n't shake off the imprint of The Fat Controller 's locutions . |
| 2 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |
| 3 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 4 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 5 | I wo n't feel ‘ complete ’ until we have at least one more baby — but I dare n't bring up the subject very often as my husband just gets more and more adamant . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't rule out the need for some extra cash for the service between now and the end of the financial year , although we have n't quite arrived at that stage yet . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't quite make out the items on the list , however many times I go over it , or rather I ca n't make out the rooms on the staircase , or the stairs on my son 's forehead . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're ecstatic , I ca n't conjure up the superlatives to say how I feel . ’ |
| 9 | Well I ca n't go down the square that 'll be too much , but I mean |
| 10 | I ca n't walk out the nick a free man and carry on like nothing 's happened , can I ? |
| 11 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 12 | I ca n't put on the black and peach creations he bought before , so I told him to go and get something sensible at Marks and Spencer . |
| 13 | I have to drag myself out of bed each day , and I ca n't get up the energy to do any housework . |
| 14 | I ca n't sleep at night for that baby crying , I ca n't breathe in the daytime for that stench of tallow coming out of their back door — and one of his customers brushed me into the dusty street the other day … |
| 15 | Some people have calculated that there must be life elsewhere , on the following grounds ( I wo n't point out the fallacy until afterwards ) . |
| 16 | Educational sessions must be the key to successful , interesting divisional meetings and I am grateful to the National Educational Committee ( I wo n't single out the Chairman , , that would be unfair ) for being the stimulus which resulted in an increase in educational sessions at meetings during the past twelve months . |
| 17 | Erm I wo n't take up the point in relation to the particular site er Mr La Laycock was referring to but in general terms , car showrooms and people who work in car sho showrooms are taken into account in the calculation of employment needs , |
| 18 | I sha n't take on the marchioness without the right weapons . " |
| 19 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 20 | He tried to speak but she could n't make out the words . |
| 21 | At first , her eyes still full of tears , she could n't make out the figure . |
| 22 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 23 | She could n't make out the expression on his face as he spoke , and in a way she was glad that she could n't . |
| 24 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 25 | I would imagine i , i , if they went to look at it for fire and , or anything like that you 'd be in the wrong cos you could n't get out the kitchen . |
| 26 | What about in rounders when you could n't pick up the ball . |
| 27 | For instance , you ca n't check out the card 's configuration just by looking at it , and you ca n't change the configuration if you do n't have the set-up utility . |
| 28 | You ca n't tidy up the house until after the fingerprint team have been , and I 've already told you that I 'll arrange for that to be done . ’ |
| 29 | You ca n't tear out the page because that would upset the numbering system . |
| 30 | You ca n't fill in the application form . |