Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 2 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
| 3 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 4 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 5 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 6 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 7 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 8 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 9 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 11 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 12 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 13 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 15 | France and Spain , okay , if you only got one of those countries right we could n't give you the point , it has to be both , question eighteen , in which book would you find the character Long John Silver ? |
| 16 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
| 17 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 18 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 19 | And I supplied , ooh could n't tell you the firms . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . " |
| 23 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't see him the room was full with smoke . |
| 25 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 26 | highways and that sort of thing , and he does go to Farnsfield , and he does go to Oxford and back , and really all you need do is just send him , you need n't send him the minutes here , you just send him the notice of the meeting |
| 27 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 28 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 29 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 30 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |