Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] n't [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I find that I am assertive whereas at times I should n't be in fact most of the time I should n't be and I am |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly . |
| 3 | Well I would n't be if he bought me flowers now and again . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't be that until their bodies are found . |
| 5 | She should n't be but how else would she get home ? |
| 6 | Well no she should n't be but since going she just suddenly appeared did n't she ? |
| 7 | A woman 's world was more private , she was in charge of it in a way that you could n't be if you were a man . |
| 8 | You ca n't be than six . |
| 9 | Some of you may be pissed off that the game was n't on R5 , but you ca n't be as pissed off as me . |
| 10 | I said what do you mean sh oh I did n't mean it like that I meant she ca n't be because I like her . |
| 11 | and then someone said Barbra Streisand and then someone said she ca n't be cos she 's nice |
| 12 | She wo n't be as damaged by you dashing her dream as you could be by continuing with something that makes you ill . |
| 13 | While the first two models should be available in the next few weeks , delivery on the biggest one wo n't be until after the end of the quarter due to the relative scarcity of 40MHz chips . |
| 14 | and there ca n't be that many authorities left that are n't already involved . |
| 15 | There wo n't be that many going though will there ? |
| 16 | Well there wo n't be that many cars off two houses , but I would also like to add |
| 17 | Ask Eric yeah yeah cos there wo n't be that many will there ? |
| 18 | But they could n't be because I never take them off . " |
| 19 | No they would n't be when I 'm des when they 're desperate , everybody rings me when I 'm |
| 20 | Kohlberg 's dilemmas are not about real people — they ca n't be if the aim of the research is to discover objective principles of justice . |
| 21 | They wo n't be if you want to photocopy something . |
| 22 | It should n't be and I think it 's a very sad reflection on the human race that it often is . ’ |
| 23 | She said , between sobs that seemed to tear her chest open , something that sounded like , ‘ All my fault He knew it could n't be that because it did n't make sense but there was no point in asking her what she had said because she was crying too hard She cried and cried and Nick sat and watched . |
| 24 | Of course it could n't be that Nick had been relieved . |
| 25 | It could n't be that I was right , and while I yearned to return to a certainty I already knew , I heard only my mother 's voice , insisting , on one dead note , that she knew of what life should consist . |
| 26 | It could n't be but it was . |
| 27 | No it could n't be cos that 's the gulf where the sun goes down . |
| 28 | It could n't be because golf carts — ’ he levelled a look at Nelson ‘ — are careening round the grounds with a complete lack of any regard for safety . |
| 29 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 30 | He was n't serious , he could n't be and … and for what ? |