Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm he makes a distinction between poor peasants , some being utterly destitute and some just being less destitute but er basically as er seventy percent of the population erm they 're the main group that 's pushing revolution forward and s so therefore I mean it 's this group that the Communist Party must n't alienate , you know , they mu must n't do anything to harm this group , associations the Communist Party must n't attack erm the associations . |
2 | You must n't let her know this has happened . |
3 | They do it on purpose ; it adds to the excitement , and I should n't think they get much of that . ’ |
4 | She could should n't let her have all that |
5 | and it 's , it 's I mean should n't let her have that Joyce ? |
6 | ‘ I 'll have to get somebody else to do it because I could n't bring myself to hurt any bird . ’ |
7 | I put them down as a 'No' , eight per cent could n't bring themselves to support this strategy , they are 'Nos ' . |
8 | The New-York Historical Society could n't bring itself to do that . |
9 | He waved to the bartender , knowing that he could n't expect her to make any coherent reply to such compliments . |
10 | She could n't trust herself to say any more on that subject . |
11 | ‘ Oh , I could n't let you do that , ’ he said . |
12 | I could n't have anything approaching this conversation . |
13 | Mrs Marsh already helps out but I really could n't ask her to do any more . ’ |
14 | ‘ Ah , Sean , we could n't ask you to do that . ’ |
15 | I could n't see myself thinking any differently . |
16 | I could n't see us making another LP together , the tie would be broken . |
17 | She 's on a ve , she 's in a very kind of pretty dress , I could n't imagine him liking that . |
18 | He said : ‘ It seems they tried again , but we could n't find anything missing this time . ’ |
19 | The Freudian realistic view it seems to me , could n't allow you to draw either conclusion , you could n't , neither conclude , that things were better in the past and therefore we ou ought to go back to the golden age , nor , could you conclude that things will ever be any better in the future . |
20 | Jay could n't believe her saying that . |
21 | Could n't believe he said that ! |
22 | I could n't believe she said that . |
23 | Mary Lou was miserable , she could n't believe she had any enemy 's , for when she found buttons cut off on her Sunday dress , she new someone was being unkind and mean , Gwendoline comforted her . |
24 | He need n't say anything to do that . |
25 | You would n't want her to miss that . ’ |
26 | Sergeant Joe would n't want me to walk all the way , 'e 'd see me straight with a bob . ’ |
27 | I would n't want you to do that . ’ |
28 | ‘ I would n't want you to do that , not because of anything I 'd done . ’ |
29 | ‘ But … oh , heavens , this sounds arrogant , as if I 'm some irresistible Lolita or something … but I would n't want you getting any ideas about me while we 're thrown together like this … ’ |
30 | As the Queen they would n't expect me to do much . |