Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ No , I could n't possible rest , not until I 've got an up-to-date report on Liz and Owen . |
2 | I know , I could n't long time getting |
3 | Well I feel really so I would n't that job . |
4 | I have to say that while I am quite sure that ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ is a perfectly suitable wash for people with sensitive skins and that a no-talcum powder has a lot going for it , I ca n't possible support the selling of this product as necessary for ‘ intimate ’ care . |
5 | I ca n't that girl ! |
6 | I wo n't this time . |
7 | And he was fain to acknowledge the tenant 's insistence that the bargain was sacrosanct : ‘ I can not much saie against that ; but yet I perceaue I shalbe a losser still by this bargaine , thowghe I can not tell the reason why ’ More prosaically , landownership was hedged about by varying degrees of limitation resulting from the security of customary tenures , accompanied as often as not by inelasticity of rents . |
8 | If , on the other hand , the golem is already working , then Haberup ( who may not this time be in a position to claim the patent rights ) has presumably done something to annoy it , and in this case ( 10 ) may be used in the sense of an answer to the question : ( 11 ) what did Haberup do to his golem ? |
9 | ‘ No reason why you should n't some day , is there ? |
10 | It was no good , she could n't play-act indifference any longer . |
11 | You could n't one disk , what he 's got |
12 | you ca n't this woman ran naked |
13 | You know cos the woman I was with wanted to go for a swim and I said no you ca n't this guy , so I went up to him , I said what , what on earth are you fishing for ? |
14 | No , she ca n't any way she 's working . |
15 | every one , every one of us no ? it was a good laugh like so it was Donna was telling me Jamie , Donna says and he says no and he says you would n't two time me and she says aye |
16 | And if you 'd got a good suit , you 'd take that , then fetch it out for the weekend , so they 'd looked decent , and when you took it back on Monday and he said I 'll have to drop you on that , Ah , so you wo n't this week . |
17 | to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help . |
18 | er I 'm sorry to produce the problems er erm we can not this time for large sum of money which er the labour group in particular er want to provide in this area er to spend on rights of way . |
19 | Normally , they need not additional support , but you must take care to ensure that the position is between joists , and that there is sufficient clearance above the light to prevent overheating . |
20 | Thou shall not 3 putt |
21 | I am not saying he might not one day be the best player for England — but at the moment he is n't . |
22 | Sit , they said , but he would n't This week John Major began to appear on a different kind of box . |
23 | This way , if I reach the end of the cone without noticing , the cone lifts off the floor and , as it can not possible pass through the tension assembly , I get plenty of warning without having the weights landing on my feet ( ouch ! ) and my knitting on the floor ! |