Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] they [vb mod] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target |
2 | They could be big fish , but their heartfelt politics should mean they will not become part of the corporate rock machine . |
3 | ‘ I am dependent on people with whom I have been associated in the past inviting me and I must say they could not have been more gracious . ’ |
4 | Some football lovers might wish they ca n't find it so we can have our outstanding memories of Maradona at his supreme best . |
5 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
6 | Well you 'd you 'd think they would n't want them on the road cos if they had an accident the people would get killed , they 'd just |
7 | You could let they would n't let anyone put him in . |
8 | they go on about Shakespeare and Chauce Chaucer but if you spoke to them the way Chaucer used to speak they would n't understand a word you were saying . |
9 | ‘ I am not so complacent that I would say they wo n't become a formidable competitor but for now they are not , ’ Jonathan Martin , head of sport at the BBC , said . |
10 | Emmie was always frightened that he would say they could n't afford it and try to borrow money , but usually he just laughed and said there was n't any need , the girls could manage . |
11 | They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience . |
12 | I am sure London Scottish and Irish will say they can not afford to play in their national competitions , but that should not make it England 's problem . |
13 | I can believe they wo n't complement our |