Example sentences of "he [modal v] not [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter would like it ; poor Peter , who had broken down in bed the night before , and wept that he had failed her , failed her as well as — but he could n't actually articulate that . |
| 2 | My argument was that he might as well use pit-props for his fishing , for he could n't possibly gain any enjoyment from playing fish , or handling such a rod with no more than a 4lb line . |
| 3 | He could n't possibly accept such a demotion . ’ |
| 4 | Reason said he could n't possibly have any recollection of a nineteen-year-old nobody he had once caused to be dismissed from her first job , but the knowledge of her bones was stronger . |
| 5 | Now he knew that something in her life had caused her great pain and , even though he could n't possibly have any idea what it had been , still she was racked by his knowing even that much about her . |
| 6 | Yes , but it 's , he , he could n't possibly push that buggy |
| 7 | ‘ The principle that a defendant must take the plaintiff as he finds him involves that if a wrongdoer ought reasonably to foresee that as a result of his wrongful act the victim might require medical treatment he is , subject to the principle of novus actus interveniens , liable for the consequences of the treatment applied although he could not reasonably foresee those consequences or that they could be serious . ’ |
| 8 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 9 | Because Neil plays very hard he produces a lot of power through the pickups , and he has recently realised that he ca n't just put any pickup with any EQ system , otherwise the signal from the bass simply overloads things … |
| 10 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 11 | He wo n't exactly welcome that . |
| 12 | While he knows he can not directly relate all his " help " to profit , he realizes that the creation of a " helping " culture throughout his organization and beyond will yield dividends in the long term . |