Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pn reflx] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've seen them — women like that monstrous Gabriela — push their husbands to ingratiate themselves with the Leader 's henchmen here , I 've seen the feasts they 've laid — like traps — very effective traps — those men , they 're nothing but walking bellies with fists-they grab , hit , grab , swallow , hit , the scum , I would n't lower myself to share a table with them . |
| 2 | The cap that happened to get overlooked returns the reader 's gaze blankly yet unavoidably , like the bill from a restaurant abroad which the conspirators find when they turn out the dead man 's pockets , and like the child 's clay whistle which one of them has provided himself with to give the agreed signal — for he has lost so many teeth that he ca n't trust himself to produce the sound naturally . |
| 3 | In Yohei 's case , this collapses into a craven botch — hilariously acted by Ryo Amamiya — in which he more or less accidentally dispatches his wife but ca n't bring himself to take the plunge and throw himself into the river as promised . |
| 4 | But he still could n't bring himself to touch the trigger . |
| 5 | It was as if he could n't bring himself to say the word ‘ marriage ’ . |
| 6 | He had tried several times at a local shooting range but he could n't bring himself to pull the trigger . |
| 7 | I could n't do it , could n't bring myself to turn the pages of my notebook . |
| 8 | Then this would never have happened , or if it had ( I could n't bring myself to unwish an experience which still washed over me with waves of delight when I remembered it ) at least Toby would have known what he was doing , his eyes would have been open . |
| 9 | ‘ But I could n't bring myself to throw the boots away and am not 31 until later this month . |
| 10 | Penny asked for help but could n't bring herself to explain the cause of her depression . |
| 11 | It was Lexy 's voice and imagined image that tormented her , though she could n't bring herself to pronounce the name . |
| 12 | But at the moment I 'm so caught up with our construction problems I do n't see myself having the time for months ahead . |
| 13 | He had never been a happy sightseer and until his work was done , until Harry Lawrence 's killer was identified and caught he could n't see himself playing the tourist at the Changing of the Guard , or the Tower of London , even Poets ' Corner which he had longed to see , as a passionate student of English poetry … that would have to wait . |
| 14 | I could n't let myself feel the pain until many years later and with the pain came anger . |
| 15 | I ca n't imagine myself having the opportunity to do something as important ever again . ’ |