Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 2 | They should not think her a woman who had let herself go . |
| 3 | Student union leaders at both Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores Universities stressed that students should not make themselves a target by going out alone . |
| 4 | The courts should not deny themselves the light which Parliamentary materials may shed on the meaning of the words Parliament has used and thereby risk subjecting the individual to a law which Parliament never intended to enact . |
| 5 | I mean , if we have a petition like they do on the counter in Welfare Rights in the Town Hall , I do n't think there be any opposition to that and the Libraries for the setting up of a P D S A branch , you know , I do n't see why , why we should n't give it a try . |
| 6 | Ch Chairman I , I , I , I would agree with Mr that we might er successfully change the order , but we ca n't er and should n't make it a condition of issuing that statement of conformity that Aida have done those things . |
| 7 | So if you follow that , it should n't , should n't cause you a problem . |
| 8 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
| 9 | Although many Homes may not give you an induction pack , you could start to make up one of your own . |
| 10 | I 'm serious about that , it grieves me greatly the possibility that he may not hear what the patch has to say . |
| 11 | ( Some , in this less heroic age , may not know what a Guest Tea was . |
| 12 | He may not know what a lying , idle little slummock he 's taken under his wing . ’ |
| 13 | Now he has revealed the mistakes that led to England 's early departure from the tournament , though fans might not find themselves a lot the wiser . |
| 14 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 15 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 16 | Sons and spouses attended the meeting , having prepared beforehand that they would tell their mother personally that they could not offer her a home , but would keep in touch with . |
| 17 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 18 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 19 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 20 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 22 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 23 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 24 | I was prepared to tell la Principessa you could not pay her a visit . ’ |
| 25 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 26 | Sad that the industry of our age could not keep what the ingenuity of the former found out . |
| 27 | When an increasing number of psychologists could not find what the theory required them to find , the theory was modified . |
| 28 | His arm still lay there , so gently that she could not find it a pressure . |
| 29 | One could not know what an experience was like without knowing whether it was pleasurable or not , but one could know what it was like without recognizing its value , even though this follows necessarily from its being like just what it was . |
| 30 | Lucien felt so dazed he could not remember what a smile was supposed to mean ; to him , it looked vaguely threatening . |