Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I do n't see any reason why we should n't arrive at a costing based on the costing quoted before . |
| 2 | we should n't look at the box |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 4 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 5 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 6 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 7 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |
| 8 | Lowe could n't know at the time how much both his private life and his work were about to go right . |
| 9 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 10 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 11 | Jimmy Smith polled ten per cent … surprisingly he was beaten by Steve Coppell … but the top two were way ahead … second big Billy Hamilton the ex United striker … and top by a long way the man who could n't live at the Manor with the Maxwells … |
| 12 | For a while , the working title of ‘ Homebrew ’ was ‘ Feminist Slag ’ , to signify that feminism need n't come at the cost of ‘ being able to let your sexuality really express itself ’ . |
| 13 | Was it her fault if her brain would n't function at a normal level ? |
| 14 | I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places |
| 15 | She was in a lift and the lift would n't stop at the right floor but kept going first up and then down , past the numbers she wanted . |
| 16 | A true visionary would n't crumple at the first sign of opposition , would take all this in her stride . |
| 17 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 18 | I would n't bounce at the same time |
| 19 | She said it was premature but she had n't made any , provision for it , and would n't look at the baby . |
| 20 | When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? " |
| 21 | She ca n't talk at the moment . |
| 22 | However , remember that in working with check lists it is n't crucial , to start with , if you ca n't arrive at an exact technical phonetic description straight off — as long as you can distinguish between same and different you can still make progress . |
| 23 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 24 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
| 25 | You ca n't stand at the front door and say no you ca n't come in at all apart from its being completely irrational erm the point would be that , because I have an obligation to carry out this work , I have a right to the means to fulfil that obligation . |
| 26 | Now of course you ca n't predict at the level of the individual school what the population is going to be , but you can nevertheless be very clear that the system as a whole is going to have many erm fewer pupils . |
| 27 | ‘ More people now appreciate that you ca n't look at a relationship and say , ‘ It has n't got a hope ’ . |
| 28 | If you ca n't look at the rushes , you come in every day wondering . |
| 29 | The fact that they ca n't look at the real problems makes them attack someone or something else . |
| 30 | And I did n't go , but a chap that I knew from whose name I ca n't remember at the moment , did go and he was killed within about three months of his er arriving in Africa . |