Example sentences of "i [modal v] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could my fondness have kept you steady I should not now appear before you in this solemn manner . |
| 2 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 3 | But I could n't honestly ask for that because it was n't the purpose of our plan . |
| 4 | My mind was so wrapped round with skeins of my own distant past that I could n't immediately come to grips with the demands of the present . |
| 5 | I could n't even walk up the stairs . |
| 6 | Not only was I unable to help with the work , I could n't even care for the family 's tools . |
| 7 | I could n't even go to the toilet without her . |
| 8 | I could n't even sing in church . ’ |
| 9 | I could n't even sing in church . |
| 10 | And I could n't even talk to you about them . |
| 11 | I could n't even get up Plumpton Street so I came up Fitzclarence but there were fires and damage there too . ’ |
| 12 | In the end I found I could n't even live in it . ’ |
| 13 | Andy 's a real mate he just kept saying straight heads er for all the times when I might have said oh , I could n't really talk to some people last night and he 'd say what you mean straight heads ? he 's right . |
| 14 | I could n't really cope with this separation , despite that fact that we live only about a minute from the SCBU . |
| 15 | I could n't really cope with meeting any more people and went to watch Everything But The Girl from nearer the stage . |
| 16 | So I could n't really get into the habit . |
| 17 | Then the Queen Mother said , ‘ I 'm sure you 'll understand there is one subject I could n't possibly talk about . ’ |
| 18 | I could n't possibly stay in the house , |
| 19 | I could n't possibly compete in those stakes , so I racked my brain to think of small things which they might like . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't possibly sleep through it . ’ |
| 21 | I spend a lot of time gloomily thinking I could n't possibly write about that , and then eventually I do it . |
| 22 | Well Mr took a terrific swipe at us and I think I could n't possibly enter into the detail of controversy involved there . |
| 23 | I do n't think I could ever go back to Bedford to live , and I could n't never live in that flat anyway because it 's been desecrated . |
| 24 | I could n't ever go to the police . |
| 25 | Thy even asked how those outside the group felt and I answered that since I could not even think of anyone in the Church who contributed nothing I could not possibly answer the question . |
| 26 | I could not personally live without plants . |
| 27 | Neither of these stations are any use to me if my car is out of action , however , because I could not possibly walk to them . |
| 28 | I could not possibly go to another doctor . |
| 29 | Things were n't getting better in here , they were getting worse ; what had happened in the passage ; I dare n't even think about that . |
| 30 | I would n't exactly fit in here I can see . |