Example sentences of "[modal v] not [adv] [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This 4-tuple I' of coordinates in the TV images may not actually correspond to any real point in the 3-dimensional space of possible positions for the torch , but that does not matter . |
| 2 | It was clear that he and Sarah could not easily talk to each other about sexual issues . |
| 3 | I could not possibly go to another doctor . |
| 4 | He might be amazingly good to look at , he might be brilliant company , he might possibly be an amazing lover , though she could n't truthfully testify to that in depth , but jokes and … and sex were n't everything . |
| 5 | Andy 's a real mate he just kept saying straight heads er for all the times when I might have said oh , I could n't really talk to some people last night and he 'd say what you mean straight heads ? he 's right . |
| 6 | People could n't really afford to that then . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the only pot-bellied old man they ran into was clutching a plastic container of meths , and our heroes could n't quite sink to such a Lollapalooza level of debauchery … |
| 8 | It would not even occur to most businessmen that the criteria the Revenue employs can be more favourable than those the DSS uses . |
| 9 | That would not necessarily apply to all cases , The hon. Gentleman must remember that many people are willing to work overtime , including Sundays , at peak periods . |
| 10 | This means that if one tries to take an ‘ essential section ’ there is no essence revealed which is the present of each level ; indeed the break valid for one history would not necessarily correspond to that valid for any other which will live in a different time and in a different rhythm . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I would n't have got all that much , but she would n't even agree to that , greedy cow . ’ |
| 12 | You ca n't even superimpose to that extent cos they 're slightly different ca n't even superimpose that my fingers ca n't superimpose cos they 're slightly different . |
| 13 | Ca n't quite rise to that . |
| 14 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 15 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 16 | The rule in Grant 's case can not possibly apply to such circumstances . |