Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] it at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here . |
| 2 | " You should n't do it at all . " |
| 3 | You should n't do it at . |
| 4 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 5 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 6 | Now , it may or not me noticeable if it 's a minor alteration in the surface geometry then it may be so slight as to make no difference in the way it performs so if , for example , it 's an enzyme it may not affect it at all . |
| 7 | You may not see it at the back there a lot stronger , okay . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , a pattern , of course we may not find it at once — ’ |
| 9 | It does , it might not seem it at this moment in time , but eventually you will understand everything that 's in there , and what it means to you , yes ? |
| 10 | ‘ They 'll not like it at home . |
| 11 | Hebbert and McFall do , Hebbert decided , and he persuaded his partner they could not leave it at that after such a long flog up the mountainside . |
| 12 | However , she could not avoid it at The Tamarisks , for although Fru Møller offered a generous choice of hors d'œuvres and puddings she did not provide a choice of main course and Elisabeth would not have dreamt of placing herself at a disadvantage by drawing attention to her disability and pleading for something easier than steak to swallow . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't — yes , I could do that , ’ said Caspar , who could not do it at all , but could see that there was no other answer to be given . |
| 14 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 15 | Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans . |
| 16 | Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables : |
| 17 | and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ? |
| 18 | But I could n't leave it at that . |
| 19 | He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’ |
| 20 | My leg had gone completely to sleep and I could n't feel it at all , but I managed to hobble to the door , collecting fourpence out of my wallet , and down the stairs to the first landing where the telephone was . |
| 21 | I could n't stand chemistry anyway , could n't understand it at all , the atoms and the neutrons and all that . |
| 22 | They could n't understand it at the time , and nor could I. None of us has any religious sense , there were n't any fundamentalist kinsmen to pacify : the absence of a fellow in a frilly white frock would n't have led to the suppuku of disinheritance . |
| 23 | She looked sad and Jenna could n't understand it at all . |
| 24 | so , you know , I looked under the bonnet , I could n't understand it at all tt , er , so I eventually got a lift and got a ride down into Malham and er , went in the telephone box there |
| 25 | Edge on , you could n't see it at all . |
| 26 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
| 27 | There is a rather improbable story that , when Captain cook first sailed into Botany Bay , Australia , the size of his ship was so far beyond anything that the local aborigines had ever seen that they could n't see it at all . |
| 28 | I suspected about his thieving , but I could n't prove it at that stage . |
| 29 | He tried to tackle Gina about it , hinting that a young man like him needed sex from someone if he could n't get it at home . |
| 30 | She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing . |