Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 2 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 3 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 4 | I could n't wait for the pictures to come out , I was so excited to see them . |
| 5 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 6 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 7 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 8 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 9 | I could n't ask for a more caring and loving bunch of people . |
| 10 | ‘ Sure I could n't wish for a better husband for her . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , I remember warning her , half in joke , half in earnest , that I could not answer for the new Government lasting more than six weeks . |
| 12 | ‘ And I would n't stand for the prima donna behaviour of some of them , either . |
| 13 | I would n't play for the team if they paid me . |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't try for a rebooking for a while , ’ she said , sipping her drink . |
| 15 | I would n't hesitate for a moment to lie my teeth off if it was either useful or necessary . |
| 16 | The SDLP 's public support for the Tories in the 1987 General Election caused its former leader , Gerry Fitt to comment : ‘ I would not vote for the SDLP because it is not a socialist party … |
| 17 | We looked for this in vain , though I would not deny for a moment the complete sincerity of Michael Crawford and Sarah Long . ’ |
| 18 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 19 | The rules are the same you do n't say oh I ca n't go for a ride and I 'm gon na go through announce my |
| 20 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 21 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 23 | yeah , I find that , that I 've done it and I 've written down the answer and then I ca n't think which number does it go to , and by the time I 've got to number one they 're on about six , so I might as well , I 'm lost it completely , so I ca n't do that either and my project work , course work , goes towards certain percent of my marks and I ca n't think for the life of me why |
| 24 | So we 're gon na catch every traffic light on red now there was something I wanted to go into Wisbech for but I ca n't think for the life of me what it was , I must get stuck into this Christmas shopping again , really must so much to do and such little time to do it in oh he 's , he 's put that car down five hundred pounds , that price of that car was , that he got for sale on it seven , seven , nine , five , |
| 25 | I ca n't imagine for a moment that they will be sitting unwatched in some archive . |
| 26 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |
| 27 | And although it is much better now than it was on Thursday morning , I know I ca n't train for the next three days . |
| 28 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 29 | An absolute winner — I ca n't wait for the new items in the series . |
| 30 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |