Example sentences of "[pron] [not/n't] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should I not be proud . |
| 2 | ‘ How could I not be ? |
| 3 | A world of cruel greed , rape , nuclear war , phallocentric control , where women are pushed to the sidelines , how can I not be afraid of you ? |
| 4 | Would I not be mother any more ? |
| 5 | How could I not be when I thought of Mum Lying there in that bed day after day , completely wrecked by Dad having run off with another woman ? |
| 6 | How should I not be discovered ? |
| 7 | But why should I not be secretive ? |
| 8 | Will I not be awful heavy ? ’ |
| 9 | I 'm all for missing hockey — how could I not be when my class coined a special place in the team-list for me : ‘ Lipman IVb . |
| 10 | Maybe not , but in a world of feminists demanding freedom of speech and equality everywhere possible , Why should I not be allowed to present my view ? |
| 11 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 12 | Even letting you you 've all talked about the you know employers are paying money in and so on , we do n't want the schemes wound up , er if I was the the employer , might I not be concerned if you elected a a chairman that was n't erm favourable to me ? |
| 13 | Moreover , as the student my not be a linguist , he should not have to plan his own revision . |
| 14 | Let me not be prim , she thought , let me be sensible , a woman of the world , let me not be unfair . |
| 15 | Let me not be prim , she thought , let me be sensible , a woman of the world , let me not be unfair . |
| 16 | Oh , God , let me not be mad . |
| 17 | Let me not be mad , she thought , in the street outside the public house . |
| 18 | My mother glared at me suspiciously and told me not be so ridiculous . |
| 19 | But she would n't go , and in any case might she not be misunderstood , ill-treated , and all my fault ? |
| 20 | ‘ Should she not be consulted ? , |
| 21 | Moving upwards , how could she not be dragged down by the truth about Daisy ? |
| 22 | Would she not be allowed to make tea at other times ? |
| 23 | Will she not be back from her trip soon , and hope to see you before you go ? ’ |
| 24 | Henry had not wanted to bring Louisa on the expedition but she had cried to go , and the adults insisted that she not be left behind . |
| 25 | Who not be hung for a sheep as for a lamb . |
| 26 | ‘ How can you not be normal ? |
| 27 | Would you not be indicating end of key stage three somehow ? |
| 28 | How can you not be involved ? |
| 29 | Would you not be highly suspicious of the mechanic who services your car , if you found that he did not buy or borrow his most important tools , did not know how to use them , never looked into a tool-shop window and had had no instruction in the use of the tools from the foreman ? |
| 30 | How can you not be moved ? |