Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | You could n't leave in less than two days . |
2 | I 'm just gon na ring up cos mum could n't get through yesterday so she 's given me her credit card number to order things . |
3 | well I could n't get up there because she know |
4 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
5 | Well they would n't get on again if they objected would they ? |
6 | I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty |
7 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
8 | He ca n't go up alone until he 's 16 . |
9 | I ca n't go back now because in Africa you ca n't go back without any qualifications . |
10 | ‘ You ca n't go down again because if you do you 'll be guzzled up at once . |
11 | Well we ca n't go out tomorrow cos Amy 's got a party . |
12 | Well you ca n't go out then cos it 'll be snowing right |
13 | I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working . |
14 | Occasionally you 'd get er hiccups you know where you ca n't get down there because the ground is boggy and it takes a little longer , and that sort of thing but the availability of water is , is , is pre-planned and given to you . |
15 | We , we ca n't get down there because that 's two days you know ? |
16 | So it ca n't come up here while I 'm up there . |
17 | Well we 'll pop down , oh we ca n't pop down tomorrow unless we go before , get in the morning , before we go to work across to Steve 's , if it 's fine it 'll be a good walk over there |
18 | He says : ‘ I can manage — course I ca n't live down there where I was . |
19 | I sha n't go up there cos he |
20 | And the Milton Keynes-based Motor Insurers ' Bureau , which is responsible for compensation when a driver 's uninsured , says that it wo n't pay up either because Gooch was n't wholly to blame . |
21 | Er , H I V , the aids virus is a , a debilitating disease , we wo n't pay out initially because as soon as on diagnosis you could basically say they are , er , they 've got a debilitating disease , but we will pay out as soon as the illness actually affects some other part of the body er , and moves in to another disease . |
22 | I said that is a he did n't deny it er and he said that driver wo n't come back again because he was hoodwinked into coming up . |
23 | ‘ The men wo n't come in 'ere if they 're on strike , ‘ specially if it goes on fer any length of time . |
24 | ‘ My weak spots are my right knee and lower back , but I wo n't let on much because I like to make out I am indestructible . ’ |