Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] these " in BNC.
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1 | So let's not pamper these criminals . |
2 | This seems a rather arbitrary procedure since most Scottish speakers — including educated speakers — do not have in their phonological systems a contrast between front and back low vowels and so would not differentiate these pairs . |
3 | You just ca n't nail these men . |
4 | Again , it takes money to stock a shop , so we just ca n't provide these goods any more . ’ |
5 | You just ca n't trust these toffs , mind . ’ |
6 | You just ca n't trust these thespians — any residual loyalty vanishes once the last cheque has been banked : according to the Evening Standard , Maureen Lippmann , who played the ‘ typical Jewish mother ’ Beattie ( BT , geddit ? — we did n't at the time , but then we detest brutal acronyms in place of meaningful names ) to the mutual benefit of British Telecommunications Plc and her bank balance , when asked to reveal her favourite word , replied , without hesitation , ‘ Mercurial ’ . |
7 | I just ca n't grasp these things . |
8 | No , I know , I do n't mean owt , owt wrong but I just ca n't remember these two names , I do n't know why , there 's something I 've never been able to , cos I 've always said to you ai n't I ? |
9 | But , even if he had known one , he still would n't style these beasts by playing it . |
10 | But , as we have noticed above , we often can not quantify these subsets meaningfully throughout the range of speaker-groups and styles because occurrences of the relevant variants are relatively rare . |
11 | " The interpretive community formed around Rasta language and symbols , presided over and tutored in dread ethics by Marley and other outernational reggae artists , simply could not withstand these changes . |
12 | Offline will not initialise these items ; the Offline Manager ( usually the LIFESPAN Manager ) must prepare the items for Offline 's use . |