Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [vb infin] [verb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that Robert had covered his tracks well and then that it was inconceivable that Lili , who knew everything , should n't have known all that her husband did . |
| 2 | Partly it was pride ; I could n't countenance exposing all that I was feeling ; but — and I know this does n't mitigate anything , but perhaps it balances the self-interest , self-protection or whatever it was — even then I was also still afraid of succumbing to the temptation to use the power I sensed I could have over you , and the use would have been abuse . ’ |
| 3 | He could n't have believed all that , surely ? |
| 4 | He could n't have walked all the way down to the reach from his comfortless presbytery simply to talk about Martha 's name . |
| 5 | Once he started transmitting he could n't help using all that C.B slang , even in an emergency . |
| 6 | Old people liked little delicacies and Miss Grimes probably could n't afford to buy all she wanted . |
| 7 | I really would n't mind selling all my camera gear . |
| 8 | I mean if you 'd set precise standards in the first place , you would n't have caused all that confusion . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 'd just answer my question , I would n't have to search all your rooms . ’ |
| 10 | That 's why Lord would n't have to give all that money . |
| 11 | Yes , we definitely vote Labour , and if the councillors were doing their job we would n't have to do all this , " said one member of this committee . |
| 12 | Schaefer , who has won 17 of 20 fights since turning professional in November 1987 , said : ‘ I would n't have come all this way if I did n't think I could beat Henry . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I would n't have got all that much , but she would n't even agree to that , greedy cow . ’ |
| 14 | She erm said well of course they know the questions beforehand and the , the answers are always written out for them erm but I , I would n't have thought all the answers because some of them come over quite spontaneously . |
| 15 | Dot wished someone had told Mrs Hollidaye this before , then she would n't have wasted all that food feeding her up . |
| 16 | ‘ Obviously , you ca n't continue to do all the work that a client would like you to do . |
| 17 | I ca n't stop laughing all the way up the street . |
| 18 | I mean I 've opened the washing machine up I mean literally you ca n't see fuck all So fucking big job |
| 19 | I ca n't remember fuck all about it . |
| 20 | I ca n't wait to allow all children to benefit from that eight million pound school up the road . |
| 21 | you ca n't afford to put all that in the |
| 22 | We obviously ca n't afford to spend all our time to put demo bands in , but we do offer special rates for demo bands that they can afford . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We ca n't afford to have all the scientific journals in our library that we had 10 or even five years ago , ’ says Sir Eric . |
| 24 | When you ruin a lean and effective team , you ca n't afford to have all the experts you need permanently on the staff . |
| 25 | he 's only been f here for half of the Debate , under those circumstances since he ca n't have heard all the arguments , it 's a bit rich for him to call us casual . |
| 26 | " You ca n't have spent all that , " said Jasper . |
| 27 | But she ca n't have spent all evening on the loo , can she ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , but Jane got fockin' stood up , and there 's a rumour that Van might have something , but he wo n't serve fock all people . |
| 29 | And a lot of the book is concerned with developing this theme , and that I thought came out quite well in the classes , so I wo n't bother to repeat all that , because I thought we did that fairly thoroughly in , in the class . |
| 30 | They wo n't need to see all of your data , but choose certain items to print out or type out in a way that can be understood by the non-linguist . |