Example sentences of "and [vb mod] n't [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Israel wo n't and should n't pay for the freedom of Kuwait
2 Philip thought that maybe Mrs Wright 's friend was an invalid and could n't come to the door to open it .
3 I had the same problem with the doctor and nurses in Styal over what I could and could n't have in the way of eye drops , etc .
4 house and could n't claim off the house insurance ?
5 Keegan 's club is building for the future on the back of 30,000 gates every home match , but the Newcastle boss refuses to discuss transfer targets and would n't comment on the Ferdinand situation yesterday .
6 She said it was premature but she had n't made any , provision for it , and would n't look at the baby .
7 Of teachers , four examples , at random , covered approachability , humour and sensitivity ( SED 1989:8 ) : If you do n't have a sense of humour and ca n't laugh with the weans , you 'd crack up more easily .
8 Can I mention er that I 'm very disappointed that C P O's are n't coming back under the fold I understand the arguments for and against , but when you look at erm the knowledge that two of our new recruits have got , in relation , one in relation to fraud and one in relation to terrorism , it seems ironical that they 're divisional staff and ca n't go round the force giving their expertise force-wide rather than just on er a basic divisional
9 Is there certain work there that has to be done during the week and ca n't wait till the weekend ?
10 He has n't trained for a month and wo n't travel with the 18-man squad .
11 Strictly speaking , much of this walk is trespassing since it does n't follow recognised footpaths , but the land is rough grazing and wo n't suffer from the passage of a few feet .
12 Using the best of the season 's fruits we 've put together a delicious array of puddings that are easy to make and wo n't pile on the pounds .
13 There are two sons but the elder one 's no good and wo n't work on the farm .
14 A CUCUMBER is n't a cucumber — and wo n't count towards the EC cucumber crop — unless it 's the correct colour ( green ) and has the right amount of curve , according to European Commission rules .
15 Intel is believed to have changed the ‘ recipe ’ it uses to fabricate the hard-to-build chips and wo n't know until the autumn whether the process actually works .
16 Intel is believed to have altered the process it uses to fabricate the hard-to-build chips and wo n't know until the autumn whether the process actually works .
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