Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know how that all worked with work , because erm , they may not want me too . |
2 | If someone has an accident in a Caterham , they might not sue me for $10m because I do n't have that much . |
3 | They could n't do me . |
4 | Margaret , they could n't give me on just now . |
5 | Margaret , they could n't give me on just now . |
6 | I should have caught some more waves so they could n't underscore me . |
7 | My mother was still unconscious in hospital and they could n't tell me when or if she might recover . |
8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
9 | age of six months that they could n't handle me any more . |
10 | In fact I refused to believe it and went back to check , feeling ‘ they could n't mean me ’ . |
11 | They could n't sack me , though . |
12 | I went to see it but the lady running it said they could n't take me . |
13 | Well they could n't let me in , they had to go by the door . |
14 | They could n't get me to come in until every marshal 's flag on the circuit was flapping . |
15 | And er I was er one that was sorted out to go , but they would n't let me go because er I could n't get b they could n't get me back to work for seven o'clock on Monday morning . |
16 | I fell a d do you remember we went before and I fell and I just sat there and I could n't , they , this erm woman and this man come to help me up and I could n't stop laughing , they could n't get me up . |
17 | You see , when I became yard inspector , the staff soon got to know that they could n't kid me , they could n't kid me you see . |
18 | You see , when I became yard inspector , the staff soon got to know that they could n't kid me , they could n't kid me you see . |
19 | I could n't stick it and they could n't find me anywhere else , so I took off . |
20 | To anyone who was claiming unemployment benefit or social security , which I do n't , I would imply that I 'd registered as ‘ outdoor clerical ’ or similar , and was n't it a disgrace they could n't find me a job ? |
21 | ‘ They could n't call me anything like Mary — oh , no — they had to be original , and I have to pay the price . ’ |
22 | They could n't understand I did n't want to visit you until I was sure I had the strength not to cry . |
23 | That was about 2 months ago and I have received only one reply , to tell me that they could n't help me . |
24 | ‘ If only it had been me I would have flown to the highest tree where they could n't catch me and then , and then into the sky to find the wind . ’ |
25 | You were n't supposed to turn the radio off , but I used to so they could n't hear me singing along with the tape . |
26 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
27 | 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 ? |
28 | 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 . |
29 | And a lot of the time they could n't teach me anything . |
30 | ‘ They could not yoke me . |