Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] them [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they could n't leave them all standing outside . |
| 2 | She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough . |
| 3 | Alas , we could n't visit them all . |
| 4 | Alas , we could n't visit them all . |
| 5 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |
| 6 | I could n't fit them all in . |
| 7 | Léonie could n't watch them any more , she was being pulled on to the narrow track between the trees . |
| 8 | I do n't know how many rooms the Star Zoo had ; I could n't count them all . |
| 9 | You could n't cut them that day cos they were hot , you see , the day you killed them the , cos father was a rare man he , when we got , we got two fridges , we used to kill a week in hand , you see , one lot was in one fridge , that was in there a week before we touched it yeah . |
| 10 | ‘ They detonated an explosive device next to one , and it disintegrated into so many pieces they could n't find them all . |
| 11 | In fact he could n't get them all in , and he acquired a second box , a small tea chest he found , with metal corners . |
| 12 | I could n't get them any closer . |
| 13 | Again you need n't ask them all that erm if Mr challenges . |
| 14 | If Mrs Maybury would n't tell them any more , what could she do ? |
| 15 | I 'd be more worried about Tony , cos I do n't think Tony 's as well wise as Paul is , in some ways really for both of them it would n't do them any harm you know because look , they 're , they 're , they 're not typical lads in many ways |
| 16 | Well they would n't cover them all but erm I see what you 're getting at . |
| 17 | ‘ But you would n't know them all by sight , ’ I said . |
| 18 | But they ca n't ignore them all the time . |
| 19 | Well , whatever they 've seen , it ca n't bother them all that much . |
| 20 | It 's one of the advantages of a bar , they ca n't bug them all . |
| 21 | Oh , I ca n't wear them that short now . |
| 22 | Clifford said he did not know which academic dress to wear as he had three London degrees , and ‘ I ca n't wear them all at once ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , the injuries are worrying , but you ca n't lump them all together and blame artificial snow , ’ said Kasper . |
| 24 | One ca n't avoid them all . |
| 25 | ’ One ca n't avoid them all , ’ she often said . |
| 26 | I ca n't check them this morning . |
| 27 | Professor Summerfield 's a good shot , but she ca n't hold them all off . |
| 28 | Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift . |
| 29 | In a real world where you face managerial decisions and you have to make a decision , you can do one thing or a number of other things , but you ca n't do them all at once , it 's just not possible . |
| 30 | you know , you ca n't do them all in that sense , but if you had somebody somebody like Colin might be able |