Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was about to start work in the engineering department of Rover and was already cute enough to know what you should and should n't say to a journalist , especially when it comes to forthcoming developments of the K-series engine . |
| 2 | It should n't happen to a doc ! |
| 3 | But she could n't go to a television interview like this , without make-up . |
| 4 | It would be especially bad for the old folk who ca n't walk very far — they could n't walk to a bus stop outside the estate could they ? |
| 5 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 6 | Tried to ring you but could n't get to a phone . ’ |
| 7 | Obviously I could n't mime to a voice of seventeen years ago , no way on earth ! |
| 8 | I would n't go to a doctor there because of this malignant thing so I just managed till we came back |
| 9 | Also in England the police would n't go to a fire , but we go in the hope that perhaps we could save life . |
| 10 | However , the budget would n't stretch to a trip to Brazil for Crenicichla species ‘ Xingu III ’ , to Camerun for Pungu maclareni , or to Lake Fwa in Angola . |
| 11 | Cos Norman sa , they would n't come to a house like that . |
| 12 | People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years . |
| 13 | You ca n't explain to a child . ‘ |
| 14 | It is the sort of thing you ca n't explain to a child . ’ |
| 15 | You ca n't speak to a computer . |
| 16 | I mean you ca n't go to a pub without singing . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But the fact that they ca n't go to a machine anywhere and get contraceptives is ridiculous . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | They they feel they ca n't keep to a timetable for that reason . |
| 21 | She wo n't believe he ca n't get to a phone for much longer . |
| 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 | • If you ca n't get to a World Championship this video is the next best . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I wo n't go to a catalogue for mine . |
| 26 | But we wo n't come to a standstill . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |