Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are acting for a group of shareholders , some of whom may not be Corporate Finance Clients ( eg in the sale of shares in a family business where any of the shareholders have no active business interests ) , care must be exercised . |
| 2 | There was absolutely no reason why I should n't be straight arrow and honest with them . |
| 3 | and er they were queuing up there so I could n't be bothered standing in the queue , so I did n't . |
| 4 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't be missing grandchildren so much , but … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I can read not badly , but I would n't be any good on stage . ’ |
| 7 | If I do n't go along with Roman I could well land in gaol , and I would n't be any good to anyone behind bars , would I ? |
| 8 | But what can I do , I ca n't be two places at once |
| 9 | I 'll have to perform , I ca n't be missing cuts . |
| 10 | I will not be that man . |
| 11 | I wo n't be two ticks . ’ |
| 12 | I wo n't be dying bedridden . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I wo n't be ten minutes , ’ replied Oliver eagerly , and he ran out into the street . |
| 14 | I wo n't be any trouble . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't be any trouble . |
| 16 | I know I wo n't be any good at this — they 'll just laugh at me . |
| 17 | And I sha n't be that sort of person , she thought . |
| 18 | Justin came from Nablus in Palestine to Ephesus where , according to his own account ( which may not be plain prose ) , he studied with teachers of several different schools — Stoic , Aristotelian , Pythagorean , Platonist — expecting from the last named not only clarity for his mind but light for his soul . |
| 19 | Much as she 'd liked Josh , she could n't be sure Marianne was n't right — and if Dane could let her down , then why should n't his playwright friend ? |
| 20 | ‘ Then you ca n't be certain lass . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ To be world champion you ca n't be any slouch . |
| 22 | You ca n't be three times Where 's tonight gone ? |
| 23 | Well she ca n't be much cop if she 'd open her legs to a first date to a Dutch s sailor . |
| 24 | He reckons that 's a sign she ca n't be any good . ’ |
| 25 | You were there for four years and the they , they did n't just , if you were n't in by ten and you did n't get your proper night 's sleep then you would n't be any good on the wards the next morning . |
| 26 | ‘ You would n't be any use at the job , if you had nothing to lose . |
| 27 | she wo n't be any use to anyway ! |
| 28 | You wo n't be any good at this " . |
| 29 | If only the Government had concentrated more resources on the development of clean coal generators , we would not be light years behind the United States , Japan and other coal-producing countries in Europe . |
| 30 | But that does n't mean we ca n't be true Christians in private and keep the Old Faith alive for the day when the Protestants see the error of their ways . " |