Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | ‘ Hummingbird , ’ the President said , ‘ I must not see that robot animal . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | I knew I should not miss that appointment with him and I had to succeed in the match , ’ he said . |
5 | I should n't eat that kind of food ; yet other people can . |
6 | Mm there 's no reason why I should n't get that deposit back . |
7 | And I 'll not put that prescription in till |
8 | I 'll not have that snigger … any snigger on my property . |
9 | 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 |
10 | 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 . ’ |
11 | I got instructions off you to be able do you know I could n't do that timer for love nor money . |
12 | I could n't answer that question because my thoughts were aimed at you , not at the painful roots of my current practice but at you , the conjuring of feelings by the spell and ritual of words , the seducing of you with poetry , I a pedlar tumbling stories before your dais . |
13 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
14 | There are drawbacks to the house and sometimes we think about moving again , but I know that I could n't leave that garden . ’ |
15 | I could n't stand that hospital any longer , and I 'm much happier here at home . |
16 | I could n't sleep that night . |
17 | I was also excited at the prospect of earning some reward , and I could n't sleep that night for thinking about visiting her in the morning . |
18 | ‘ I could n't sleep that night . |
19 | Aye , I 'm gon na drink bloody brown ale , yeah oh aye , oh I could n't drink that bugger . |
20 | you know it 's either salted popcorn or the sweet popcorn , I could n't eat that amount of salt , it is chock-a-block full up with popcorn |
21 | ‘ I could n't believe that record . |
22 | I put that er I could n't find that cheque book for love nor money . |
23 | ‘ I could n't find that letter , ’ she said . |
24 | Yes , I could n't find that figure where you were |
25 | I could n't allow that kind of thing , otherwise we slip into barbarism . |
26 | I could do with a cup of tea now I know that , oh I could n't see that signpost |
27 | All else apart , I could not forget that movement of his hand to his pocket when ‘ Parsons ’ knocked at the door . |
28 | ‘ I could not mistake that voice . |
29 | and querying all the change , getting dirty looks , and I could not get that point out of the brain . |
30 | I could not get that figure of five hundred out of my mind . |