Example sentences of "who [modal v] n't [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Press would never have been able to do its destructive job without the help of Labour figures who could n't pass a TV camera or journalist 's notebook without making a disloyal remark . |
| 2 | Ethel , who could n't tell a flat from a sharp , playing as if her fingers were croquet mallets . |
| 3 | Before you yawn , this really is a program with a difference — it 's aimed at people like me , who could n't draw a raffle . |
| 4 | Determined to be utterly independent of Bart , he slowly worked his way up , starting as a groom and finally getting his own yard , buying ponies cheap off the race track , or from other players who could n't get a tune out of them , making them , and selling them on , which he detested because he got so fond of them . |
| 5 | As he put it , ‘ I have to deal with guys on those committees who could n't get a security clearance for a job in a post office ’ . |
| 6 | Sunday night was usually jam session night at the Mimosa Club for assorted trad jazzmen who were n't in regular bands or who could n't get a gig in one of the big suburban pubs . |
| 7 | I 'm not 'aving my business ruined by a lot o' bleedin' idiots who could n't run a chip shop . ’ |
| 8 | Once , 25 or 30 years ago , they were working class East-Enders who could n't run a business but found in driving a cab a way to be free . |
| 9 | There 's nobody in this room who could n't win a sprint race against a sumo wrestler now , without any practice , even in stockinged feet you could do it . |
| 10 | When I next met Andy Norman I said , with a huge grin , ‘ Remember the guy who could n't fill a telephone box ? ’ |
| 11 | The Newman family , who could n't keep a five-year-old who wet her bed , had been ‘ nice ’ . |
| 12 | As there were so few Asians in our part of London it could hardly have been anyone else , but the person had a scarf over most of his face and looked like a nervous bank robber who could n't find a bank . |
| 13 | David wrenched free and went on furiously : ‘ Those women whose homes are sties , whose habits are bestial , who could n't raise a guinea-pig never mind a child — ’ he drew a deep , shuddering breath to steady himself , then continued more slowly . |
| 14 | I surmised that these were George 's drinking companions , men who would n't make a habit of going to funerals , but there out of friendship , respect for the dead . |
| 15 | ‘ A lunatic who would n't let a bunch of bionic reptiles loose unless he had a good reason . ’ |
| 16 | GARDEN CENTRES Okay for plants and fertiliser , but if you go to such places you will probably be served by a weekend youngster on slave wages , who would n't know a Koi from a goldfish . |
| 17 | There are players now valued in the £2m bracket who ca n't hold a candle to Ian in terms of ability and George Graham must be thinking he has bought himself a star on the cheap . |
| 18 | I think one of the great areas of such as system is in teaching young doctors , in training people , and an expert who ca n't tell a tutee why he has given a certain answer is n't really much good as a teacher . |
| 19 | Tailoring did n't steal the show , but jackets were there for women who ca n't imagine a wardrobe without them . |
| 20 | But what is life like for people living in rural areas who ca n't afford a car ? |
| 21 | Those who ca n't see a role for the trade unions and the Labour Party need to be given time to see the error of their ways . |
| 22 | In part two : Blooming hard work : The Olympic hopeful who ca n't find a sponsor . |
| 23 | A health clinic has stepped in to help patients who ca n't find a dentist to treat them on the National Health Service . |
| 24 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 25 | Sometimes the amusing antics of the young at play with fox cubs are brought to an abrupt end by the mother , who wo n't tolerate a fox . |
| 26 | Comedy thriller with Judge Reinhold and Elizabeth Perkins as murderous lovers who wo n't let a corpse stand in their way . |
| 27 | ‘ Fuck A Man ’ speaks strongly about the problems women inherit through relationships with men — be it a lazy father who wo n't get a job , a cheating lover , or a son who is calling home to get bailed out of jail . |
| 28 | ‘ No comment , ’ said the Loughborough accountant , who wo n't need a calculator to estimate how dearly his decision might cost Newcastle . |