Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was thinking about coming on for the last five minutes when we were 2-0 down , to get a bit of glory , but the legs would n't let me , ’ he joked . |
| 2 | Since the postgraduate schools would n't have me , it had to be audio typing . |
| 3 | My brothers would n't let me worry about money — they 'd always see me all right . ’ |
| 4 | Good words will not give me back my children … |
| 5 | The most important duty that I owe you , the reader , is that I be absolutely honest and candid , and therefore , although I have no doubt that the growers will not like me for saying so , I suggest that unless you aspire to the show bench , or base your gardening on taking chances , you should not heed the blandishments but look instead for the shortcomings . |
| 6 | But my parents could n't control me . |
| 7 | ‘ I also had to give up my part-time Communications course which the Jo'burg job was paying for , because the salary in Durban was much lower and my parents could n't help me when it was all they could do to meet Dad 's medical expenses , since he never made any sort of provision for the future . |
| 8 | ‘ My parents would n't let me leave school , so I got a daily paper-round and weekend work at the local timber yard . |
| 9 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 10 | In the latest movie , Carry On Columbus , a female member of the cast screams : ‘ The sharks would n't eat me whole ? ’ |
| 11 | I had to wreck it and the equipment sustaining it , but my limbs would not propel me forward . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll leave them on the mat inside the door so you can change into them , then your clogs wo n't wake me up from my nap . |
| 13 | I mean my parents wo n't visit me cos I living here . |
| 14 | Terrorists wo n't beat me , vows bomb-blast man |
| 15 | A WOUNDED North Wales holidaymaker said yesterday : ‘ Terrorists wo n't beat me . ’ |
| 16 | A hundred-odd pounds would n't take me very far . |
| 17 | Most of the reinforcements could not inform me of the health of Colonel Vaughan , but they all had vivid recollections of the most unusual weather conditions in the Highlands , and at the moment regarded their situation here in Normandy as an improvement on Achnacarry . |
| 18 | And the neighbours ca n't get me . |
| 19 | The most rigorous deduction of new ends can not release me , as long as it was from spontaneous goals that the ends from which my system grew were themselves originally chosen . |
| 20 | The walls of the cottage were thick enough to shut out the worst sounds of the storm 's buffeting , and even the creaking of doors and rattling of windows could not keep me awake for long . |
| 21 | ‘ And those little wings would n't suit me , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ Your friends ca n't stop me . |
| 23 | Books and magazines wo n't grab me either . |
| 24 | ‘ The authorities will not give me a penny for my land ’ , he said . |
| 25 | ‘ To begin with the police would n't touch me , they just took me home to my parents . |
| 26 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
| 27 | The stable boys and sentries wo n't know I 'm not supposed to leave until tomorrow . |
| 28 | ‘ The guys wo n't keep me on the team . |
| 29 | I 'm hoping the police wo n't stop me . |
| 30 | The boys could n't believe me but they had to do what I told them to do … . |