Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retailer should not sell you the first slice and the second cut should be of a bright , usually pink colour . |
| 2 | I 'm not saying they would , but what I 'm saying is if say we 're four per cent behind and Ken wo n't give me the exact price |
| 3 | Volume numbers of Unix-based PC 's are n't there yet and Motif ca n't give us the cash returns we 're looking for with this product ’ . |
| 4 | Thousands of years of philosophy can not give us the answers to these questions . |
| 5 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 6 | ‘ Corps would n't tell me the latest position on the phone , sir , ’ Woodruffe said . |
| 7 | But you have to balance that with the way a major wo n't allow you the same freedom of artistic licence and influence over your promotion and development that an independent company can offer . |
| 8 | I would think er the loppers , if the erm hedgecutter wo n't tackle it the loppers will |
| 9 | It is argued here , that economics can not show us the correct policy choice ( as some economists would appear to claim ) ; yet it may help us to avoid a wrong , or overly costly , policy choice . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 11 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 12 | No cos your graph paper would n't show you the s at an angle . |
| 13 | The pater would n't give you the money for your passage and anyway , even if you found the fare , he could force you to come home . |
| 14 | If the surveyor states that the property is most definitely not worth the agreed price and the building society will not advance you the money you need , you have three choices : abandon the property and look again , or go to another building society and hope that another surveyor will not make the same judgement , or go to your vendor 's estate agent , explain the situation and hope that the vendor will drop the price . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident . |
| 16 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 17 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 18 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 19 | Our dream issue would be four inches wide , perforated top and bottom and with a wee picture of Bobby Gillespie on every page Put up the price so Mark E Smith ca n't afford it The incredible rise of fame of Simon ‘ Fabulous ’ Dudfield |