Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sir , you know we do , though how you got to know about them I ca n't imagine . ’ |
| 2 | Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar . |
| 3 | Had it not been for them we would not have known such beautiful places existed . |
| 4 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 5 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 6 | ‘ I have never met a remotely effective idealist about whom you would n't say the same thing . ’ |
| 7 | Lawrence declared last week : ‘ If Lee does n't sign for me he wo n't leave London , ’ after the striker had indicated he did not fancy quitting the capital . |
| 8 | Erm I think I 've learnt how to do it , it 's fairly straightforward but er him having tied the leader on for me I wo n't have to go back to him anyway for quite some time . |
| 9 | ‘ Even if anyone came in for me I would n't want to go before the end of the season . |
| 10 | We usually pick , most of them keep their religion to themselves do n't they for me I would n't know . |
| 11 | not for me I would n't . |
| 12 | But for me I ca n't . |
| 13 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
| 14 | For me I can not remember who said it , someone far wiser than far wiser than me but somebody said a judge is civilization by the way he treats the |
| 15 | If you 'd tape it for me you would n't have , I would n't have to have |
| 16 | " Come on till we see did it come — you could n't trust Hanlon 's man — late today again — and left half the stuff after him I would n't wonder … " |
| 17 | Someone said there were things about himself he would n't like his wife to know , we all laughed and went off happy . |
| 18 | When he was enthusiastic about a subject , and I imagined he would turn his back on anything about which he could not enthuse , he leant forward on his bar stool , his thigh beating against it . |
| 19 | He turned around and stared at her with that insufferable thoroughness , which was downright rude , but about which she could n't complain . |
| 20 | These states of motion are subject to instantaneous change through the act of measurement , in a process for which we can not claim to have discovered an exhaustive and convincing interpretation . |
| 21 | Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring . |
| 22 | Shadow environment secretary Jack Staw said : ‘ This was an historic betrayal by the Liberals for which they will not long , nor lightly , be forgiven . ’ |
| 23 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 24 | These developed from the legal concept of ultra vires ( beyond the strength ) which , since the mid nineteenth century , had prohibited local councils from doing anything for which they could not show precise legal authority . |
| 25 | With such a healthy list of urgent needs , advice workers might be excused if they become impatient when training for which they can not see an immediate need is imposed upon them . |
| 26 | The report confirmed that house officers spend much of their time on inappropriate tasks — either those that are beyond their competence and for which they can not hope to provide optimum care ( like providing the main source of symptom control to inpatients , the sole medical cover to surgical patients , and explaining complicated procedures to patients and relatives ) and others that could be done just as well by non-medical staff ( like filing reports , taking routine blood samples , and arranging beds ) . |
| 27 | It also confutes their claim to completeness by staging narrative structures for which they can not account . |
| 28 | They say that the explosion was due to hitherto unknown chemical or physical events for which it can not be held responsible for failing to predict . |
| 29 | The closure of our shop in Oxford Street cost us around £8,000 , for which you ca n't ever really budget . ’ |
| 30 | Sparing the time to make these two visits may show ways of substantially increasing the household income , and reducing its outgoings on rent , rates , prescription charges and many other expenses for which you may not have realised there is help available . |