Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] them any " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Léonie could n't watch them any more , she was being pulled on to the narrow track between the trees . |
3 | I could n't get them any closer . |
4 | If Mrs Maybury would n't tell them any more , what could she do ? |
5 | 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 |
6 | but briar to that we 've got this game show , you know , a bit like er Blind Date and I mean I ca n't stand them any way , and I 'm thinking I have n't got the patience in the morning when I 've got dinners to put up and I 've got them to get going |
7 | ‘ With other illustrators , I work at a distance — we visit and phone , but there is a point at which I ca n't pester them any more , ’ Allan says . |
8 | We have feelers , metal strips , that are one and a half thou thick , we call it , you ca n't have them any thinner because they can make them in Sheffield at one thou thick but they suffer and bend by use . |
9 | They 're alright , they , it wo n't do them any harm . |
10 | I used to eat those all the time , my mum wo n't buy them any more . |