Example sentences of "it [modal v] n't [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Pat Hutchinson of Luton Consumer Services , Turbosoft was very successful at first but as the firm grew it could n't cope with the volume of orders received — Trading Standards have had over 400 complaints to date , and they 're still coming in ! |
| 2 | Whatever she chose , it could n't compete with the couturier clothes worn by the Baronne or Antoinette , she thought with a grimace . |
| 3 | but that was n't with flood water coming over , that was because it was coming up the drains , cos it could n't drain into the river |
| 4 | It could n't happen without the permission of the dealer , but he too is a member of that community and he cares what happens there . |
| 5 | Sun Microsystems Inc has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and Distributed Computing Environment boxes on the bids : the Common Open Systems Environment will at least get it back in the running for a $20m deal at Boeing Co that requires Motif and Sun insiders reckon that the company will now include Motif in its price list almost immediately — the best guess is that SunSoft will offer reasonably priced Motif upgrades for Solaris 1 . |
| 6 | Sun Microsystems has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and DCE boxes on the bids . |
| 7 | Julian says the conventional sewage treatment plants being installed by Severn Trent are less efficient and cost 10 times as much to build.Severn Trent says it ca n't comment on the seven million pound claim until the court hearing . |
| 8 | Yeah it does , it all washes down into the garden you see cos the garden 's on a slope and the field , the field slopes straight into the garden , and when we have , when we really have lots and lots of rain , you look out your back windows and there 's about that much lying there , cos it 's running down and it ca n't get past the houses , so it just builds up and floods |
| 9 | Tonally there 's a lot more bottom end than I was expecting , and while it would n't pass for the finest of Martins , it 's good enough to fit into any acoustic line-up and would certainly be bright enough to handle picking and single line solos . |
| 10 | And the surround used to have nice fancy work round you know to make it so it would n't stand on the table cos me mother bought one of those because it used to be a bit dangerous on the table if you knocked it you see and |
| 11 | I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places |
| 12 | Many a large sofa , armchair or piano has had to be sent back at unnecessary cost because it would n't go through the door Make sure to measure the ceiling height as well because if you multiply this by the wall measurements ( see Calculating quantities on page 53 ) it will give you an idea of the amount of paint or wallpaper you will need . |
| 13 | But we had a job to get the tall one with the glass doors cos we had to turn it on its side cos it would n't go through the door , it stuck , what a performance doing that |
| 14 | ‘ It would n't go by the square foot ? ’ |
| 15 | Er , it would n't matter to the leather trade as such or to any of the countries , er if there was no saddling and harness trade , and that goes for countries like erm , Britain and France and Germany and United States and so on . |
| 16 | It would n't fit into the sequence , it would n't match up with the ledger . |
| 17 | It 's not really enough the way it is , it would n't fit on the bag if I made it any more ! . |
| 18 | It would n't fit through the back door . ’ |
| 19 | If it does n't mum anyway it would n't fit in the garage because there 's another car in there . |
| 20 | I know that because it would n't fit in the box . |
| 21 | I then had the problem of having to stand , holding the gate up so that it would n't fall on the dog and by now there were three tractors and four cars blocking the road . |
| 22 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 23 | On my 486 clone it would n't work without the battery , so I guess my cheapo serial port was n't up to scratch . |
| 24 | But it would n't work with the |
| 25 | To herself Annabel thought that it would n't interfere with the running of the Universe if enough money could be found somewhere for the university fees and accommodation for Eve Malone , the child who had no home except the big bleak convent with the heavy iron gates . |
| 26 | It would n't it would n't interfere with the neighbours . |
| 27 | ‘ It would n't interfere with the hurdles at the World Championships because there is a gap between the two events . |
| 28 | ‘ It would n't interfere with the hurdles at the World Championships because there is a gap between the two events . |
| 29 | Yet in all these random examples , which are each dimensions of the new Europe , it would n't occur to the participants for one second that they are being European . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , it wo n't matter for the few yards back to the cottage … ’ |