Example sentences of "you [modal v] n't [vb infin] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , she told us you could n't do much 'cos of yer sprain , ’ said Linda . |
| 2 | But you see er you know you 'd got to do that so in between those times you could n't do much else could you ? |
| 3 | If you 're the sort of person who thinks that Parliamentary democracy is a reasonably important thing , you could n't take much pleasure from the findings of the enquiry into the way Rover was sold off . |
| 4 | You ca n't do much more violence to sense and language in one sentence than that . |
| 5 | You ca n't do much at the Print Manager end to speed things up , aside from giving it more priority . |
| 6 | Well I mean you ca n't really you ca n't do much you ca n't do much about |
| 7 | Well I mean you ca n't really you ca n't do much you ca n't do much about |
| 8 | she said you will still wo n't you , you ca n't do much if you just turn up , I do n't know though , their Christmas all freezing and bruises and |
| 9 | from escaping through the top and if you 're i if it 's a fa you know , there 's some light or disturbance you and want to sleep and the best thing to do is to go into a light doze cos , you know , you ca n't do much else that 's cover your face . |
| 10 | You ca n't do much about it can you ? |
| 11 | Well it 's so you ca n't do much about it can ya ? |
| 12 | Course with the winter and everything you see you ca n't do much outside . |
| 13 | You ca n't do much in the winter , I was saying to George . |
| 14 | But it 's not as if , you ca n't do much more though you know ? |
| 15 | Obviously , when there is some snow on the hills in the summer you ca n't do much , so they are very carefully made and some of them are connected to a computer , so if you have a very good coach with you he can say ‘ You 're going that right , no do it a bit more like this , or a bit more like that ’ . |
| 16 | As Mama used to say from her spot by the cooker — lass , you ca n't have much fun on an empty tummy . |
| 17 | You you ca n't have much influence at all in in these decisions ? |
| 18 | Oh no you ca n't have much cheese . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't know much about the ups and downs of love and passion if you think that . ’ |
| 20 | To become a husband and a father : no you ca n't get much butcher than that . |
| 21 | You ca n't get much more communicating than that . |
| 22 | With the shadow of his bush-hat you ca n't see much of his face . |
| 23 | You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect . |
| 24 | The wood would be the first to burn but you would n't feel much . |
| 25 | You would n't get much of a civilisation without it , though . |
| 26 | If you send it over Derek 's you would n't get much of that either ! |
| 27 | You would n't have much trouble parking it . |
| 28 | I mean you wo n't want much but I mean just to hold it . |
| 29 | Hybrid Tea bush types After attending to the basics or primary aspects — removing completely all dead , diseased and feeble wood ( you wo n't find much of this in the first year ) — seek to prune to outward-pointing buds that will grow out along the line of growth , not sideways , so that this growth leads to an open cup or shuttlecock shape . |
| 30 | If you 've worked your way conscientiously through all the preceding chapters , sorted out the roof over your head , sussed out the teaching staff , discovered your way round the library and begun to develop good study habits , you may well be forgiven for thinking you wo n't find much time or space or energy left for anything like sex or love . |