Example sentences of "he [vb mod] n't [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 2 | On another low table by the wall there was an inexpensive stereo unit and some uneven stacks of records ; he could n't make out the details on the posters on the wall above the unit , but they might have been Escher prints . |
| 3 | ‘ He could n't go out the front door to play without being mugged . ’ |
| 4 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 5 | If he could n't keep up the whacked — out , languid image , you feel he 'd be ripping himself apart with guilt and recriminations . |
| 6 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 7 | He would n't get out the bloody way . |
| 8 | Taking the piss and w he would n't get out the bloody way and I 'm trying to get through with that rack . |
| 9 | He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else . |
| 10 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 11 | He ca n't find out the address . |
| 12 | In 1992 a future king renounces the wife he no longer loves but says he wo n't give up the throne . |
| 13 | He suffers from gout , but he wo n't give up the port , you know . |
| 14 | ‘ He wo n't divide up the chess books , ’ Mrs Polgar said . |