Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [be] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | One particularly cold winter I gave in but stipulated that I must n't be around when it happened . |
2 | ‘ I would n't be here if I did n't believe you , ’ Graham replied softly . |
3 | ‘ Dammit , Robbie , I would n't be here if it was n't . |
4 | Well I would n't be here because a horse was used for a toxin to provide the anti-toxin for diphtheria whe , in my days when I was younger there was no toxins as such , vaccination as such and so therefore the horses were used for research to provide the anti-toxins . |
5 | well I would n't be absolutely if , if I had to go out then I 'd have to go out . |
6 | I told her I would n't be long and went back down the path . |
7 | ‘ I will not be here when you return from the invasion of France . |
8 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
9 | ‘ I wo n't be long and then I 'll explain everything and you wo n't be cross any more . ’ |
10 | hmm , so that post office , I says to Billy I wo n't be long and I 'll do you some rice |
11 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
12 | However many facts I know about another person I can treat him as pure means , but I can not be perceptually and emotionally aware from his viewpoint without letting his inclinations interact with mine and affect my ends . |
13 | I 'll bring you a glass when we 've finished cooking — which should n't be long if Bailey has done as she was told . |
14 | However , a Contracting State is entitled to declare that an application must be filed within a stated period from the date of entry of the judgment , a period which must not be less than one year . |
15 | Even when there is a grain or more of truth in a criticism , you may not be wholly or , indeed , mainly to blame . |
16 | She should n't be here because of Maria Luisa but she trusted Fernando enough not to be too unduly worried about it . |
17 | ‘ She should n't be out and about for the rest of the year in my view . ’ |
18 | ‘ But you 'll not be there that often , ’ Karr had warned him . |
19 | As I passed the boy , who could not be more than 10 years of age , he said : |
20 | But this girl who could n't be more than twenty-two or twenty-three was going to do it , not he . |
21 | But she would n't be here and , as the taxi went on ever upwards so Fabia tried to get herself in a frame of mind where she could deal cheerfully with Lubor 's banter . |
22 | Oh well she would n't be there after the bingo then would she ? |
23 | She had nearly told him she would n't be there when he came for her . |
24 | And then Dawn , she rung work to say she would n't be in because the wee woman she |
25 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
26 | I rang up Derek and Jenny came up to tell us and she said er Eileen 'll be coming on the twentieth and she wo n't be here till between eleven and twelve . |
27 | You got him on the C B or something dad says and er he says she wo n't be up cos got ta take her to the doctors or something |
28 | Velma called on Monday , erm , because I rang her up on Sunday to tell her what was happening , cos I mean she did n't know it , we signed our contract and erm I said to her well if we get a date this week , I said could , cos she 's going back to Wales tomorrow , she wo n't be back till after Easter |
29 | I know she wo n't be there but she , I bet she will . |
30 | Do n't forget , she wo n't be home until about four o'clock . ’ |