Example sentences of "just [modal v] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ People just should n't carry knives . ’ |
2 | But this just should n't happen . |
3 | He must n't give in ; he must n't allow temper or panic to take over ; he just must n't break , no matter how great the provocation . |
4 | ‘ I should have unloaded it first , ’ Catherine Crane said , apologetically , ‘ but I just could n't move in any direction with it where it was . ’ |
5 | I just could n't move or speak . |
6 | but they 've got to , I remember when Rhys played in that , the F A bars quarter final , two seasons ago down here , they got well over a thousand down there then , and you just could n't move , that were brilliant , all the way round the ground there were about four of five people deep |
7 | Anyway I finally got back , washed the lorry out and I just could n't finish washing the wagon out . |
8 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
9 | She said he just could n't sleep in there . |
10 | He just could n't eat the amount of fruit and vegetables he had tucked into before . |
11 | I just could n't eat it . |
12 | Just could n't eat it , I sa it was all |
13 | It took me about six months to even be able to hear what he 'd done ; I just could n't relate to it because I had so many preconceptions about what I thought it should be . |
14 | Yeah well we had , we had to abandon that , we brou we brought all our Employment Officers in on a Friday , erm and we just could n't staff the office the rest of the week you see |
15 | WITH those golden curls and blue , blue eyes , he just could n't miss . |
16 | ‘ They could n't miss , they just could n't miss . |
17 | But I just could n't bring myself to do it . |
18 | ‘ I just could n't bring myself to shoot him ’ |
19 | I just could n't bring myself to do it . |
20 | ‘ She just could n't bring herself to tell him to sod off . ’ |
21 | While the rest of the Mondays had , for the first time in their lives , thrown themselves with abandon into their work and discovered a new passion for playing , Shaun just could n't match up . |
22 | ‘ Having let the side down by not being able to give Wendy a baby , I just could n't refuse to let her try AID ’ |
23 | They said well , they asked me and I just could n't refuse |
24 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
25 | I just could n't handle it any more . |
26 | just could n't handle the transfer rate from that . |
27 | Er mental torture , I just could n't handle it no more . |
28 | That 's right , but Locke was turning it on , on occasion and and just could n't strike at all , except for the one wicket , if he bowled quicker and quicker he might have been in trouble . |
29 | Trouble was , I just could n't hold the sheep properly — but then I have to admit I never liked doing it . |
30 | When I came out of the service I bought a Fender , but I just could n't hold on to it ; it was too small and the weight was wrong . |