Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [vb infin] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You really must n't ask me that , Mrs McBride . |
| 2 | Randall , 38 , who hit more than 1,000 first-class runs for Nottinghamshire , said : ‘ I 've had a bit of cartilage trimmed off , but it feels fine now and should n't cause me any problems at all next season . ’ |
| 3 | It should n't take me much more than half an hour . |
| 4 | age of six months that they could n't handle me any more . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , we were devastated , but we knew now what had been wrong all along — and at least they could n't blame me any more . ’ |
| 6 | It , it was a really nice size shop Walsall Wood was , but my sister , remember is eighty-two , I asked her , I told her you were coming and I asked her if there was anything she could tell me but er she do could n't tell me much more than myself . |
| 7 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |
| 8 | ‘ You could n't lend me some money , Sam ? ’ |
| 9 | I could see them clearly in the light of the foyer but they could n't see me cloaked in the anonymity of Armstrong — and what more anonymous than a black London cab ? |
| 10 | Then I said to them , " Its a pity you could n't find me foster parents " , and the social worker said , " What a brilliant idea ! " |
| 11 | I was in there nearly three years , or two and a half years anyway and , of course , I when I passed to go to the Q M of course , I , I used to do the Headmaster 's and all that but they , they could n't teach me any more because you , you can only have the same lessons as them that have been taught you know . |
| 12 | So well Paul come out , I was talking to Steven and he said I come home last night and he said I could n't park me bloody car up cos there were cars everywhere , and they were all theirs . |
| 13 | ‘ I was hoping you would n't tell me that . ’ |
| 14 | I just do n't believe it , I 'm afraid , but he would n't tell me any more . ’ |
| 15 | Would n't leave me all through the following night as I worked on the glass . |
| 16 | It was like this at the time of Mum 's suicide , you police just would n't leave me alone . ’ |
| 17 | But you would n't give me straight answer would you ? |
| 18 | ‘ He admitted that there was someone else , but he would n't give me any details . |
| 19 | You would n't give me some tea , would you , if I come home with you ? |
| 20 | he would n't give me some of these |
| 21 | They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He said if I 'd done exactly what he told me , and there were no tricks , he 'd contact me and hand over his evidence , and he would n't bother me any more . ’ |
| 23 | I wish Peter would n't ask me difficult questions . |
| 24 | I hoped to heaven the pharmacist would n't ask me difficult questions like ‘ how many ? ’ or ‘ what size ? ’ . |
| 25 | That would n't surprise me one bit |
| 26 | and it would n't surprise me one bit , because it , as I say it 's bitterly cold here , while it 's dry at the moment , it 's bitterly cold |
| 27 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I wish you would n't call me that . ’ |
| 29 | I 'll tell you who would n't call me short ? |
| 30 | That 's nothing more than circumstantial evidence — even you ca n't brand me guilty on that ! ’ |