Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] such [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman thinks that I should not have such occasions with business men . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll not brook such disobedience ! |
| 3 | No I would n't drink such rubbish . |
| 4 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't stop such outrages but I ca n't just stand by and let them continue . |
| 6 | I ca n't say such things to you without turning your head . |
| 7 | Much of what is said would be true also ( in a modified form ) for small-number natural oligopolies , but I shall not examine such questions here . |
| 8 | I will not have such wine sold under the de Chavigny label . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then you understand , ch'un tzu , that I can not provide such backing without some sign of your good intentions . |
| 10 | ‘ Darling , you must n't say such things , ’ said Sophia indignantly . |
| 11 | ‘ You should n't say such things . |
| 12 | Those who could not meet such fines could be sent to jail . |
| 13 | Surely you ca n't afford such complications ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't say such things — ’ |
| 15 | He added : ‘ Here I see some full-time union officials who would n't tolerate such treatment of their own members . ’ |
| 16 | It 's important to choose a variety that will grow tall enough to reach the surface as you can not raise such plants on bricks . |
| 17 | I believe that the publication of these results will cause people to focus on the reasons for the low standards in some places , except for hon. Members representing Bradford and Newham — the two lowest scoring local authorities — whose reaction is that one should not have such testing and that it is merely a problem forced on the local authority . |
| 18 | One must not exaggerate such things and fall into excesses , but nature has fixed laws which it is fatal to struggle against . ’ |
| 19 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 20 | If the sceptic 's conclusion were true we could not have such knowledge ; so if the conclusion were true we would not be able to understand it . |
| 21 | Procedural difficulties can arise when the imposed conditions are unsteady , but we need not consider such situations here . |
| 22 | As we approach the year 2000 , with an increasingly complex system of higher education , with more students , more kinds of institutions and more kinds of courses , we can not make such assumptions . |
| 23 | ‘ We can not tolerate such dependence . ’ |
| 24 | For example , we can not answer such questions as at what time does a rural Malagasy begin work and at what time does he or she end it ? |
| 25 | We can not answer such questions as yet . |
| 26 | We can not take such ideas too literally . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , we can not use such excuses for ourselves , and so let's get down to some hard facts ; facts which we think will give you an understanding of why you are overweight , and how this can best be tackled , in the short and long term . |
| 28 | They are of value in guiding the clinician 's testing of aphasic patients , but are not of direct value in relation to theorising about the language-processing system and how it can go wrong after brain damage , because one can not answer such question as ‘ In Broca 's aphasia , how is the language-processing system malfunctioning ? ’ |
| 29 | The major powers have behaved in a reasonably responsible way , but one can not have such confidence in minor powers like Libya or Iraq , Pakistan , or even Azerbaijan . |
| 30 | They must not keep such gifts to themselves . |