Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not possess any status or receive a substantial monthly pay cheque , but to have my trade grow entirely through my own efforts is one heck of a kick . |
| 2 | On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ? |
| 3 | It 's ev , actually a little bit more complex than that , which is that the things that I used this year , I may not use next year , and I probably , almost certainly wo n't use two years ago . |
| 4 | Basically , the latest , and I must n't take any credit , and there seemed to be some credit , Chair . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I know that I must not make this mistake . |
| 6 | ‘ Hummingbird , ’ the President said , ‘ I must not see that robot animal . |
| 7 | First I kicked the chair legs when serving , then I must not use scenty hairdressing , do n't say good morning unless they say it first . |
| 8 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 9 | Lastly , I should not choose this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use as I may account that of my left hand . ’ |
| 10 | But all in all , I can see no genuine reason why I should not undertake this trip . |
| 11 | I knew I should not miss that appointment with him and I had to succeed in the match , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I was greatly relieved , both because this decision was going to save me endless work in revision and because I knew that if all my marks over the year were taken into account I should not have any problem in passing . |
| 13 | I should n't eat that kind of food ; yet other people can . |
| 14 | I know I should n't feel this way . |
| 15 | Is there any reason why I should n't use this water for my aquarium ? |
| 16 | Mm there 's no reason why I should n't get that deposit back . |
| 17 | We 're leaving in a week and I might not get another chance to come and speak to you . |
| 18 | ‘ My wife thinks I might be risking all my credibility by coming back and that I might not get another job in football . |
| 19 | I might not win this time . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll not brook such disobedience ! |
| 21 | And I 'll not put that prescription in till |
| 22 | I 'll not have that snigger … any snigger on my property . |
| 23 | I used to get them various gigs at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street and the Roundhouse , and some dates at universities throughout the country , but there was n't an awful lot coming in although I did succeed in getting him a TV appearance and the producer , who was a good friend of mine , said , ‘ I 'll not have this guy on my programme with long hair ’ . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll not have any daughter of mine going out second-best ! |
| 25 | I 'll not have any man say I was ever afraid of a sharp edge in my life ! ’ |
| 26 | I 'll not have any child of mine disobeying not only me , but turning her back on God 's own holy ordinance ! ’ |
| 27 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 28 | I think I 've got myself again I go that last week , oh I could n't move last week ! |
| 29 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |
| 30 | I got instructions off you to be able do you know I could n't do that timer for love nor money . |