Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not it 's not as straightforward , the conclusions in respect of one may not necessarily apply in respect of the other . |
| 2 | She wept softly , while he held her and believed in the augury that this happiness could not possibly end in death on a battlefield , for such an end would be against all that was good and sweet and lovely in the world . |
| 3 | I could n't even sing in church . ’ |
| 4 | I could n't even sing in church . |
| 5 | Erm however absolute egalitarianism showed that it could n't actually work in practice because there was n't they underestimated the amount of land which , that could be redistributed and you had leftist and rightist deviations where which meant that how that industry and commerce was being threatened and landlords were just being indiscriminately killed . |
| 6 | Flowers would not only change in colour but also reveal previously invisible patterns . |
| 7 | This would be a step in the right direction , however the 2 teams would still be separate within the organisation and would not necessarily operate in practice as one team . |
| 8 | You Dublin geezers are so bent , you ca n't even lie in bed straight ! ’ |
| 9 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 10 | I ca n't really stay in bed past nine o'clock . |
| 11 | Although this will not usually result in equipment and other resources lying totally idle , it will undoubtedly cause neighbouring hospitals , intent on getting their share of the market , to invest in the same expensive technology , which is then underused . |
| 12 | The internal organs would become more complicated : they can not simply increase in size because surface area will not increase proportionately , so more intestinal loops and skin tufts may have arisen and , as with the Dimetrodon , bony neck frills may become heat-dissipating devices . |
| 13 | Also , we can often see that children can use concepts that they can not yet express in English . |
| 14 | You can not really communicate in art without a common language . |
| 15 | The persuasive approach of the alternative initiatives may take longer ( and time is a luxury one can not always afford in politics ) but it should be more influential . |