Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't believe it when I first , first year of marriage and when I got pregnant , er , we 'd walk into her , well it 's her daughter 's erm sitting room , she 'd struggle up out of an arm chair and I 'd think oh gosh , I know she must n't get up for me , got the tummy out here , |
| 2 | I said to Dinda well there 's no reason why you should n't go out for a drink with him or |
| 3 | It 's a war , there is something to fight for ; you should n't stick up for Kylie , she should be fought at every turn . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's like a time bomb you carry round with you , ’ Arty said , ‘ and the alarm might n't go off for twenty-five years . ’ |
| 5 | Kenny was always football mad and he could n't stay out for long . |
| 6 | But she was more tired than she knew , and soon she began to wish that she had a suitcase to sit on ; but hers was on the rack in that tightly packed carriage , and she could n't go back for it . |
| 7 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
| 8 | but little , people could n't break in for erm |
| 9 | He could n't lie down for seven weeks because of problems with his head , neck and pelvis , ’ recalled Knight . |
| 10 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 11 | Angry neighbours could n't get out for two days . |
| 12 | Yeah he got trapped in a car park and he could n't get out for ages and ages and then as he got out he crashed into another car . |
| 13 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 14 | I dare n't look round for fear I should see |
| 15 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |
| 16 | It would n't go on for ever . |
| 17 | Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear . |
| 18 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 19 | They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself . |
| 20 | I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 22 | And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else . |
| 23 | You ca n't sit around for ever . |
| 24 | " We ca n't stay in for ever , Stephen . |
| 25 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's no reason why I ca n't go on for 200 goals and I do n't agree with the argument that you should retire at the top . |
| 27 | I know I ca n't go on for ever . |
| 28 | It ca n't go on for ever . ’ |
| 29 | But maybe they 've got problems that they ca n't go back for ? |
| 30 | This poor old girl ca n't go out for christmas dinner . |