Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not agree with many parts of his speech , but it was in the finest traditions of the House . |
| 2 | I may not look like one of these stick insects you see in magazines but at least I 'm happy . |
| 3 | But I must n't go into that now . |
| 4 | Nay , I must not dwell on that now — I must put her from my mind . |
| 5 | She always does — without much faith in what she is doing , like those anti-fascist chores she used to take on until recently ( I should n't talk about that really ) . |
| 6 | I should n't talk like this . |
| 7 | I know I should n't talk like this , but Brendan was the best fuck I ever had , and I guess I 've just been feeling guilty towards my family for enjoying it . ’ |
| 8 | My husband is very laid back and he says I should n't get into such a fuss . |
| 9 | oh , is that what Mr said , I 'm not stopping you asking this witness at all , I do n't want , you mention the brochures and I do n't want to ask him questions , the kind I want to ask , er , with which they 're not asked by Counsel , I should n't ask at this stage anyway , but by all means ask Mr about it , I just thought Mr said , when I tried , asked him about it , very understandably , Mr the man , cos you are totally free to ask about it of course |
| 10 | planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ? |
| 11 | The relief was superb but I could n't move at all . |
| 12 | I could n't move like that . |
| 13 | Er and obviously we 'll , we 'll we 'll get the response erm a a as it were but erm that 's something I could n't , I could n't answer at this particular time . |
| 14 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 15 | I try to think of something smart to say to hide the fact that I 'm beaten , and finally come out with a pathetic ‘ I could n't stay in this stink without puking on the carpet . |
| 16 | Besides , I could n't cope with all this … science . ’ . |
| 17 | I could n't cope with another break-up , though . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ To begin with , ’ she says , ‘ I could n't cope at all . |
| 19 | For example , I knew I could n't squat for fifteen minutes on a bed or a floor . |
| 20 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 21 | I mean I could n't walk for any great distance with it but I 'm going to have taxis . |
| 22 | ’ I could n't think of much else to say . |
| 23 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 24 | I could n't think of any situation in which Flora could be jealous of me . |
| 25 | But I could n't think of any other excuse |
| 26 | I could n't think of any suitable advice at the time . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't think of any other . ’ |
| 28 | I could n't think of any other way of saying it . |
| 29 | I tried to think of nice things ; then , when I could n't think of any , I determined to concentrate on what was happening around me . |
| 30 | I could n't think of any more . |