Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should not export them without first getting permission from the importer and making sure that the receiving country can dispose of them properly . |
| 2 | Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables : |
| 3 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 5 | I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved . |
| 6 | And I could n't see anything at first . |
| 7 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |
| 8 | She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing . |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't help it at first , but we 've become friends . |
| 10 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 11 | I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful . |
| 12 | I could n't believe it at first . |
| 13 | In the wartime agreement on pooling brains and resources for the original work on the atomic bomb , which was signed at Quebec in 1943 between the United States and Britain in association with Canada , there were five clauses : the signatories would not use atomic weapons against each other ; they would not use them against third parties without the others ' consent ; no information would be given to third parties without mutual consent ; Britain disclaimed any interest in commercial and industrial exploitation , because the heavy burden of production would fall on the United States ; and a Combined Policy Committee would be set up to ensure full and effective collaboration . |
| 14 | So if I was you Richard I would n't leave it till last minute , I a bit sooner in case the buses are not running . |
| 15 | ‘ We ca n't do it until next March , when we 'll have five years ’ trading figures to show , ’ Adam said . |
| 16 | One moment she 's kissing me , and the next she 's telling me she ca n't see me till next week . |
| 17 | We wo n't get it till next year . |
| 18 | They wo n't take him till next summer . |
| 19 | Oh he said , I wo n't see you till next Mon Monday I said now it 's Tuesday is n't it . |