Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well I could n't so I had to come over and and buy them a flipping new one ! |
| 2 | Well we could n't so I do n't know . |
| 3 | I tried to rouse him but I could n't so I sat on the bed to pull my boots on and the next minute I , too , was asleep . ’ |
| 4 | He reminded me of someone , I could n't quite I know somebody who acts very much like him I just ca n't well I told him you remind me of someone . |
| 5 | Well I ca n't well I mean there 's an awful lot , I mean would , no , no matter which political party it is , they all make promises , but they do n't carry them all out . |
| 6 | He reminded me of someone , I could n't quite I know somebody who acts very much like him I just ca n't well I told him you remind me of someone . |
| 7 | I do n't I ca n't well I do n't know I I do n't think you did . |
| 8 | She says , I ca n't now I 've got ta keep my family . |
| 9 | No but you ca n't really I mean that 's what supposed to have it like an actual proper office . |
| 10 | such as this year 's figures you know they 're not paying you to somebody over the phone and expect to remember of course they ca n't so I 've got the detail that I need to keep looking at , and there about that 's about it . |
| 11 | And he would be the right one to b be on this because I mean he 's so intelligent , he would but he wo n't even I think he must of turned that tape on yesterday . |
| 12 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |