Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You must not reprimand her for doing as she was told . ’
2 Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’
3 This should not lead us in turn , however , to ignore the impact of industrialisation or more generally proletarianisation on sexual mores .
4 Being infected should not add to her credibility , while not being so should not disqualify her from comment , she says .
5 They should not mark it as trustee because Registrars would not accept it . ’
6 They should not mark it as trustee because Registrars would not accept it . ’
7 They should not mark it as trustee because Registrars would not accept it . ’
8 ( This should not discourage us from advertising .
9 Is it any reason why you should n't express it in percentage terms say twenty percent to this , thirty percent to that ten percent
10 Then again , I wondered if I should n't leave it to charity .
11 Rossendale Group 's chairperson Kate Conbay-Greenwood said she ‘ realised that this would not be the easiest area of Amnesty 's work to publicise , but that should n't deter us from truing to raise awareness ( of Jehovah 's Witnesses in Greece ) . ’
12 The adoption should n't affect her , they should n't take her into account , but Kegan thinks they might want her token agreement , so I 've got to handle this right .
13 So let's not keep you in suspense and join Katie prior to her departure from a surprising location for international flight .
14 They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all .
15 ‘ They 'll not like it at home .
16 Christ could not blame him for drinking .
17 He could not associate her with panic .
18 Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’
19 He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand .
20 He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere .
21 She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes .
22 IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists .
23 She saw them coming , yet knew she could not intercept them in time .
24 For his chastity he was a particular favourite of the goddess Diana , who , however , could not save him from death and the everlasting dark .
25 He said he might sell it in Southampton if he could not get it on board .
26 staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ?
27 My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success .
28 There was anger and hurt deep inside her but she was so stunned by his cruelty that she could n't rouse it in defence of herself .
29 She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm
30 And there 's a time when my father lived at the , and I 'm going up the road this night and I hears this queer kind of grunting , and I could n't understand it of course it was dark and I hears it again .
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