Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you better erm no no no I must n't be seen to encourage that sort of thing . |
| 2 | That would be a catastrophe , a scandal would surely follow his knowing anything and he must n't be allowed to suspect any danger at all , not for the moment , otherwise they 'd probably murder the boy . |
| 3 | Mr Shaw said that a jury 's task in awarding damages would be very difficult : ‘ It is probably a unique case , with a unique plaintiff , whom they probably felt should n't be made to suffer any more . |
| 4 | They should n't be allowed to do this to people . |
| 5 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 6 | Well , he could n't be expected to shed any tears . |
| 7 | She was right , as it happens , but Scarlet , not being clairvoyant , could n't be expected to know that and resigned herself to yet another evening which would not be wholly enjoyable even had she not been going to the theatre . |
| 8 | She prevaricated , wanting the story verified or denied before sharing it with him , but he could n't be expected to know that . |
| 9 | Yeah , but I could n't be bothered to go all the way back there and change it again ! |
| 10 | They could n't be allowed to do this , because they were still attached to the creance and might get themselves caught up round the perch . |
| 11 | Football meant standing on a muddy pitch hoping the ball would n't come anywhere near me , so that I would n't be forced to tackle some vicious little boy who really cared who won the game . |
| 12 | Ca n't be arsed to look that one up . |
| 13 | Although Quattro Pro 4 ca n't be said to make any task easier than in an equivalent Windows spreadsheet , what it does prove is that with very little limitation a DOS product can manage the same job as a Windows product any trouble at all . |
| 14 | He realizes that they ca n't , people ca n't be guaranteed to do this and he points out there are four different motivations that people might have that conflict with the er moral motivations . |
| 15 | Add proposed record spending levels on research and development , infrastructure , education , enterprise zones and job training , as well as real estate and profamily incentives , and there may well be good reason to fear that the overall budget deficit may be the constraint that yields if spending cuts ca n't be found to finance all of these initiatives . |
| 16 | I ca n't be bothered to do that . |
| 17 | ( Many managers ca n't be bothered to do any research and therefore make decisions they can hardly support . ) |
| 18 | I ca n't be bothered to do this . |
| 19 | I ca n't be bothered to answer that , throw it away erm |
| 20 | And said , so it 's completely anonymous and all that and he said oh I ca n't be bothered to send that in , so he chucked it in the bin and they phoned him up and said why have n't you sent your form in ? |
| 21 | Erm if that site does n't come forward , we wo n't be looking to transfer that allocation to the rest of the district . |
| 22 | He wo n't be wanting to work either . |
| 23 | But I 'm not going to discharge a jury in a case where I think it quite possible the jury wo n't be required to give any , to give any verdict . |
| 24 | ‘ I wo n't be spoken to like this . ’ |
| 25 | There wo n't be need to invite many , ’ she proposed carefully some days later . |
| 26 | You will be getting scenarios and you wo n't be expected to put all that information over in one block , you 're expected to structure your information . |