Example sentences of "i [vb mod] n't [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But even I could n't will wakefulness with complete success , and the events of those nights soon began to affect my day-time behaviour .
2 because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm
3 His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them .
4 He said something and I could n't make sense of it
5 I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’
6 ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own .
7 Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed .
8 ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant .
9 I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more .
10 Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage .
11 I could n't get hold of him yesterday !
12 " But I could n't take responsibility for them , " Mr. Mendez said .
13 ’ At first I felt I could n't take care of my own life , ’ she says , remembering a rocky past with its broken marriage , drink and drugs .
14 er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't
15 I had to have a cast on it and I could n't play guitar at all in any fashion .
16 Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me
17 ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly .
18 ‘ Another reason for setting up my workshop near here was so that I would n't lose touch with my mother . ’
19 In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity .
20 Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development .
21 I would n't recommend Tolby to anyone , ’ Henry said earnestly .
22 I would n't have sex without one now .
23 Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die .
24 as I said yesterday , if I was a betting man , I would n't have bet on getting anything actually , erm , and the partnership between the County Council and , and the District Council have put together the bid for objective two status in Telford .
25 I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend
26 They did n't know I would n't steal money like that .
27 But I ca n't make sense of it . ’
28 I ca n't make love to you the way I want to — not here .
29 His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’
30 I ca n't bear picnicking on a slope .
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