Example sentences of "which [verb] [pron] [modal v] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , yes , well , I 'd , I 'd , er , I 'd like to make two proposals , first of all that we formally congratulate our officers for leading the team that er , put together this successful bid , erm , but I 'd also like to say something about these concerns about the boundaries because it 's Oswestry again , amongst mainly the sort of north of the county around Oswestry , which like with the rural development area , could be left out , and , of course , economic development does n't stop at a parish boundary people cross it , it 's part of their economic activity and erm , I know that some of the sort of proposed projects put together for the use of this five B money , er , around the Oswestry area , are extremely desirable projects , er , and are achievable projects , and it would be a tragedy if er , if they were , if , if we failed to achieve them because of er , a kind of a bureaucratic dotted line which say you ca n't have the money because you 're the wrong side of the line . |
| 2 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 3 | The jack plug was soldered on — which meant you could n't pull the lead out , you had to wrap the plug and lead around the neck before you could put it away . |
| 4 | ‘ I understand you 've got a legal problem which means we ca n't go too deeply into that , but from the outside is it hurting you a little bit ? ’ |
| 5 | This may be the trade-in price of your existing car which means you wo n't have to dip into your savings . |
| 6 | Two nights bed and breakfast , full Irish breakfast , which means you wo n't need to eat until the evening ! |
| 7 | Well , which means I ca n't come . |
| 8 | ‘ My mother was an only child , so my grandfather Probert entailed Gullholm on me , which means I could n't sell the place , even if I wanted to . |
| 9 | He 's serious about AA , which means he wo n't talk about it . |