Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Too bad you could n't make me a mother . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 4 | You could n't give me a few more equations just |
| 5 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
| 6 | He could n't tell me a price . |
| 7 | To anyone who was claiming unemployment benefit or social security , which I do n't , I would imply that I 'd registered as ‘ outdoor clerical ’ or similar , and was n't it a disgrace they could n't find me a job ? |
| 8 | Frankenstein would not give me a wife , but he hoped to find happiness with a wife of his own . |
| 9 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 10 | He would n't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like , because he did n't know himself . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident . |
| 12 | ‘ Corps would n't tell me the latest position on the phone , sir , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 13 | Would n't give me a hint over the phone . ’ |
| 14 | He either would n't give me a line or would say my line himself . ’ |
| 15 | So he would n't give me a kiss and he would n't say goodnight so I thought nah I 'm not bothered . |
| 16 | You would n't give me a cigarette anyway . |
| 17 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 18 | ‘ She said in her letter that she did n't think we could be happy living at Maythorpe House , that she 'd be lonely and probably would n't make me a very good wife . |
| 19 | He would n't begrudge me an extra glass . |
| 20 | Would n't do me a sandwich ? |
| 21 | Old friends from many years ago they probably would n't call me a friend but I am saying that er very er |
| 22 | Well I would n't call me a roly |
| 23 | I did this top bottom up so that my dad would n't call me a tart as I walked out the house and I forgot to undo it again ! |
| 24 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |
| 25 | I mean my belief is that if Standard Life and M and G ca n't show me a profit on a , a good managed fund , I doubt that anybody in a another institute is going to do any better . |
| 26 | But you ca n't refuse me the pleasure of a dance — just one , for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 27 | You ca n't deny me a proper trial . |
| 28 | So you ca n't buy me a box of chocolates for and a card ? |
| 29 | ‘ The authorities will not give me a penny for my land ’ , he said . |
| 30 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |