Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pers pn] right " in BNC.
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| 1 | they live in the , a beautiful house , a little house , old , very old and erm they always said there was a secret passage underneath and my , my uncle er used to er he used , he named , he named some locks , my uncle did a till lock and when I star began to work there er they were called Salmon Baits and er Mr said to me you know he said er it 's your un they used to call him Trot , my uncle , it 's your uncle Trot that named them and I said was it and it was a till lock and they could n't get them right er they were having trouble with these particular till locks , and er my uncle said to Mr when he went around they were having trouble and he said , all these locks all these things are good for a bait for Salmon and then they were called Salmon Bait and they were traded as Salmon Bait so |
| 2 | They were erm a bit reluctant and were going to fight against it cos they thought they were going to look for er places to bury nuclear waste and it was shelved but I ca n't prove them right and I ca n't prove them wrong . |
| 3 | But I ca n't get them right and he 's so disappointed . |
| 4 | If they ca n't get it right in 13 years , they never will . |
| 5 | If the Conservatives ca n't get it right after 13 years , they never will . |
| 6 | WITH REFERENCE to Zoë Heller 's column ( ‘ View from a Broad ’ , May ) , it occurred to me that if this guy ca n't get it right , then who the hell can ? |
| 7 | Because it 's affected the bone , once the bone is affected you ca n't get it right , cos the bone 's done . |
| 8 | Mum 's still trying to do the butterfly but she ca n't get it right |