Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering . |
| 2 | Why was it , she wondered , that she could n't even summon up the rudiments of politeness with this man ? |
| 3 | He knew he had the tournament won , but he was so high he could n't even line up the putt . |
| 4 | Finally , it got to the point where he was driving me nuts , because I could n't even find out the reason he was screaming so . |
| 5 | Well there was always the parlour , you must have the parlour and er you , you had two living rooms and the one was the parlour and there was a cellar underneath the parlour and er the stairs used to come in from the back and go up , up the stairs over the entrance to the cellar but the stairs used to run up there underneath the stairs was the entrance to the cellar , there was a door , so that you could n't just walk down the cellar without opening the door you see , but apart from that there was er there was just the two , two bedrooms . |
| 6 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 7 | He could n't quite make out the face , but he was certain he did n't know the caller , which was unusual . |
| 8 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 9 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
| 10 | So Tory Central Office in their desperate search for support ca n't even filter out the Labour councillors on a council they apparently despise . |
| 11 | They ca n't even tear up the hotels on this tour because they 're sleeping on the tour bus . |
| 12 | ‘ We found you ca n't just lay out the store like a supermarket , ’ Mr Murray said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Erm , but it 's impressive that he now feels we should be allowed to spend more money to create jobs , because of course a lot of us have been trying to point that out for years to the governments which stupidly cap authorities so they ca n't actually carry out the infrastructure improvements that are needed to enable the economy and the society to function properly . |
| 15 | Changing direction wo n't exactly bring out the Mansell in you but the power steering — in theory the same as that fitted to the others — reacts swiftly and smoothly , and understeer is significantly less than that of the 1.4 GLX . |