Example sentences of "you [modal v] n't [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A fucking lion tamer , ’ he said , looking at Paddy , ‘ ye could n't tame a pussy cat . ’ |
| 2 | Take Daniel to your room , Ben , but you must n't make a noise . |
| 3 | ‘ You Must n't Make a Mistake ’ |
| 4 | You must n't make a mistake — just like the army . |
| 5 | You must n't get a downer cos of it . |
| 6 | ‘ You should n't wear a switch , you know , ’ he said when he came back . |
| 7 | So there is no reason why you should n't do a rough-cut , followed by a fine-cut , before you start on your final version . |
| 8 | ROSPA ( Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ) advise that you should n't leave a child under eight alone in the home . |
| 9 | ‘ You should n't leave a stranger with them . |
| 10 | The KSA advises that you should n't pay a deposit amounting to more than 25% of the total contract price of your kitchen . |
| 11 | You should n't pay a penny until they 're approved , so there 's no risk . |
| 12 | For example , you should n't set a goal for a 10-minute improvement in the 10K . |
| 13 | ‘ You should n't judge a book by its covers . |
| 14 | ‘ It just goes to show you should n't judge a book by its cover , eh ? ’ |
| 15 | She remembered an American Indian saying that you should n't condemn a man until you had walked a mile in his shoes . |
| 16 | " I do n't see , " continued Mrs Maugham , " why you should n't have a bit of fun too . |
| 17 | You should n't have a howler . |
| 18 | ‘ Somebody like [ the agency head ] is n't going to … lay down the rules of where you should take a stat , or where you should n't take a stat . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you sure you should n't see a doctor ? ’ asked Apricot , as Rhoda 's cough grew nastier . |
| 20 | In such circumstances one particular recipe takes over , which Easton 's section police call ‘ bluff ’ : ‘ Even though you might n't have a clue , you bluff your way through . ’ |
| 21 | At this point , some hawk-eyed philosopher ( hawks have very acute eyes — you could n't make a hawk 's eye by throwing lenses and light-sensitive cells together at random ) will start mumbling something about a circular argument . |
| 22 | You could n't hurt a fly with that thing . |
| 23 | Miriam : You could n't oppress a woman in our traditional society , she had her place and her property . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , and you also told me , yesterday , that you could n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 25 | You were condemned of people then you could n't care a damn about it cos you could n't do anything about it because your methods of running a country was a waste of time . |
| 26 | you could n't hold a conversation she said with her , |
| 27 | ‘ You could n't upset a friend , ’ Eve said . |
| 28 | You could n't take a boat out in that wild sea alone . |
| 29 | There was you know little firms like that and yet everybody was in , nobody nobody would ever try and er and er and er and escape paying their contribution , but there was a law you could n't join a union till you were sixteen , that was the law then in then , but er when this strike came back and we came on strike in December , er we lads who was under age joined the union , they give us all six bob a week , the union did . |
| 30 | Whatsername took us to right , Alice and Kath did n't realize that you could n't write a cheque , did you ? |