Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] them all " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they could n't leave them all standing outside . |
| 2 | Alas , we could n't visit them all . |
| 3 | Alas , we could n't visit them all . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I could n't fit them all in . |
| 6 | I do n't know how many rooms the Star Zoo had ; I could n't count them all . |
| 7 | ‘ They detonated an explosive device next to one , and it disintegrated into so many pieces they could n't find them all . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Again you need n't ask them all that erm if Mr challenges . |
| 10 | Well they would n't cover them all but erm I see what you 're getting at . |
| 11 | ‘ But you would n't know them all by sight , ’ I said . |
| 12 | But they ca n't ignore them all the time . |
| 13 | Well , whatever they 've seen , it ca n't bother them all that much . |
| 14 | It 's one of the advantages of a bar , they ca n't bug them all . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , the injuries are worrying , but you ca n't lump them all together and blame artificial snow , ’ said Kasper . |
| 17 | One ca n't avoid them all . |
| 18 | ’ One ca n't avoid them all , ’ she often said . |
| 19 | Professor Summerfield 's a good shot , but she ca n't hold them all off . |
| 20 | Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | you know , you ca n't do them all in that sense , but if you had somebody somebody like Colin might be able |
| 23 | But because , the media hold out these expectations as the norm and people ca n't meet them all , they then feel failures |
| 24 | Still , I ca n't win them all , can I ? ’ |
| 25 | You ca n't win them all . |
| 26 | As the saying goes " you ca n't win them all " . |
| 27 | Even you ca n't kill them all . |
| 28 | The staff there are trained to spot suspect packages , but with millions of letters and parcels to deal with , they ca n't see them all . |
| 29 | I ca n't remember them all now , but I know that no speaking was allowed in the class-rooms , corridors or on the stairs ; no running anywhere indoors ; no borrowing of any kind ; all long hair had to be plaited ; indoor shoes were never to be worn outside , nor outdoor shoes inside , and there were specific shoes for games , gym , hockey and so on ; school uniform was strictly enforced , and hats compulsory . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh I ca n't remember them all now , ’ Hortensia said . |