Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Johnson would not look at the bones . |
| 2 | As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science . |
| 3 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 4 | If you ca n't look at the rushes , you come in every day wondering . |
| 5 | Our problem is we ca n't get at the buyers . |
| 6 | HONG Kong will not buckle at the knees over disagreements with China , its governor Chris Patten vowed yesterday . |
| 7 | HONG Kong will not buckle at the knees over disagreements with China , its governor Chris Patten vowed yesterday . |
| 8 | Tilly , stopping Right I wo n't look at the answers . |
| 9 | This fellowship does not of course embrace Rome ; in Pilgrim 's Progress , Christian encounters Giant Pope , old and biting his nails because he can not get at the pilgrims , and mumbling to them , ‘ You will never mend till more of you be burned . ’ |
| 10 | Now the one thing that I think is important is that one can not look at the problems of any given society in the world in isolation from the rest of the world as a whole , and in particular , in the case of underdeveloped countries , their problems are very much linked to the situations that take place in the developed countries . |
| 11 | Mr Scully adds that security considerations may limit what data an individual can look at — London , for instance , can not look at the accounts specific to Hong Kong . |