Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ evening ’ , if such it could be called , had not been exactly successful , though one obviously should n't expect too much of a chance meeting . |
| 2 | Well we 've got ta have something quick tonight because you 're , got ta go to Cubs so should n't think we need to buy any bread . |
| 3 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 4 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 5 | Now , with one of those obscene little twists that fate was so good at , the man chosen for her out of all those available millions not only could n't give her children , but had no intention of getting involved in any permanent relationship , least of all marriage ! |
| 6 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 7 | The dominance of the Macintosh obviously could n't last for ever , the numerical superiority of the PC was bound to win in the end , and it was a program called Ventura Publisher that finally did it . |
| 8 | Some of Gladstone 's fellow competitors obviously could n't care less about being beaten into the minor placings , but fellow breeders were more forthcoming . |
| 9 | He obviously could n't give a damn what she did , tucked away in his cosy room , dressed in his nice dry clothes . |
| 10 | She did n't need Dr David Kent , who obviously could n't see what was in front of his face . |
| 11 | Some IMC trooper obviously could n't wait for lunch . |
| 12 | ‘ Public sector borrowing is growing so quickly , the Chancellor obviously could n't afford any more , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ? |
| 14 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 15 | He personally could n't give a monkey 's whether I went out or.not as long as the CID boys knew where they could get me . |
| 16 | I personally could n't begin to choose a favourite on this album , though I am especially fascinated by the Gregorian chant influence of Ebudea . |
| 17 | Injured I suppose so could n't make the away trip : - ) ) ) |
| 18 | She still felt dreadfully tired so could n't have been asleep all that long . |
| 19 | Richard faced the non-existent audience and so could n't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds . |
| 20 | Right now leave it there so Could n't see about |
| 21 | I suddenly could n't stand . |
| 22 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 23 | And , and I mean I , I , I 'm making I 'm mak I 'm deliberately making these points because he is viewed as someone who perhaps would n't have been a Sun type but more of a , a Telegraph type or whatever , but when you 've analyzed his , his words and his speeches and everything else in terms of what we 're talking about the tabloids or broadsheets or whatever , you know he would , his language would have fitted in more neatly to the tabloid style than the the Telegraph style . |
| 24 | Ca n't have that , and especially ca n't have it while you 're still on the sick list . |
| 25 | Others quite obviously ca n't stand the repeated and endless questioning . |
| 26 | For example , I obviously ca n't tell you anything unless and until you hear what I 've said or see what I 've written . |
| 27 | I too have Windows 3 running in Real mode , not because I particularly like Windows , nor for multitasking ( which I obviously ca n't do ) , but because I work in the computer industry and need to be able to use Windows at clients ' sites and set up applications for them . |
| 28 | Now obviously you can translate the idea of something being a preventative about illness or sickness , but it 's very difficult to suggest in idiomatic modern English that roses can be a protection against evils , because you really , we really do n't have that kind of concept , normally now , although there are many uses of erm , groups of people who might retain such a concept , and if something like that arises , you obviously ca n't make it idiomatic , because there 's just no way it 's going to work idiomatically in English . |
| 29 | He gave up being permanently conscious of Andrew 's disability soon after they first met yet he hangs on , thinking that Andrew himself quite obviously ca n't forget . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , you obviously ca n't go and buy all the fish and throw them straight in , nor can you go and buy fully-grown specimens to fill the tank on this sort of budget . |