Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [to-vb] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to meet two gentlemen on the road — we would not hope to meet them off it . |
| 2 | It must be for the local authorities , which have the statutory responsibilities , to take those responsibilities extremely seriously and I would not want to divorce them from the primary responsibility for undertaking those tasks . |
| 3 | Of course , you can not hope to provide them with everything they need , but you must try to provide something to encourage them to come to your microhabitat . |
| 4 | In a free society , if trade unions want the rights of ownership , they can not expect to get them as a free gift and call it industrial democracy . |
| 5 | I have four sons and can not afford to take them to a first team game ( £10 each to get in ! ) |