Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Evangelical Alliance UK , which says it represents a million churchgoers , immediately responded by saying the Church must not adopt society 's view of marriage as disposable and pre-marital sex as inevitable . |
| 2 | Mothers who choose this course of action should not drink cow 's milk themselves , nor should they eat butter , cheese , yoghurt or soya . |
| 3 | We should not ban Voltaire 's Candide , Tom Paine 's Age of Reason , Bertrand Russell 's Why I am not a Christian , Scorsese 's The Last Temptation of Christ , or Monty Python 's The Life of Brian . |
| 4 | Still Charles 's biographer should not look Nithard 's gift-horse in the mouth ! |
| 5 | Lothar immediately sent emissaries into the regna assigned to Charles " so that they [ i.e. leading men there ] should not accept Charles 's lordship " , while Lothar himself moved south-east " to receive those who came to him from Provence " . |
| 6 | While there was no point in antagonising Luke further by deliberately going against his wishes , was there really any good reason why she should n't accept Rob 's invitation ? |
| 7 | He may not have Michael 's sophistication and finesse , but I know exactly how to handle James . |
| 8 | BAFFLED police fear they may not catch Rachel 's killer before he strikes again . |
| 9 | How is he ever otherwise to be able to contemplate what Haydn 's piece might sound like how gemütlich the piece might or might not beat Czerny 's pace ? |
| 10 | ‘ People may think there 's something sardonic about Leeds United fans walking round with words like ‘ peace ’ and ‘ love ’ on their backs , ’ says T-shirt designer Moose , ‘ It might not solve football 's hooligan problem , but at least they look a lot better than wax-coats and ski-hats . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll not have Ling 's floor in a mess . ’ |
| 12 | Wolves huffed and puffed , but they could not blow Tracey 's house down again . |
| 13 | ‘ He was a natural , ’ says Williams , continuing in the long line of those men and women of experience and the most foxy intelligence , who could not analyse Burton 's gift any more clearly than that . |
| 14 | But such moments of uplift as were provided by the mystics could not prevent Lewis 's common-sense humility from seeing ‘ how much of one 's philosophy and religion are mere talk ’ . |
| 15 | Jack was puzzled at Johnnie 's sudden change in behaviour and although initially he reasoned that his colleague must be troubled with a domestic problem , he could not forget Johnnie 's parting words that he intended to leave the box for good . |
| 16 | But according to Paul Holmes , Date could not return Minton 's affection and seemed always a little embarrassed to be the object of such attention . |
| 17 | Mr Utterson could not open Lanyon 's letter after/until … |
| 18 | I suppose it was this that made Richard think I could not manage Flora 's job . |
| 19 | She could not lead Liza 's life for her . |
| 20 | But it was Vose who came through with a strong finish on the final circuit to claim second place , but he could not match Pearson 's strength on the hills . |
| 21 | She could not see Finn 's neck for the hair . |
| 22 | Its terrible grasp could not cut Aenarion 's armour but the pressure was too much for any mortal to bear . |
| 23 | Fourthly , one could not describe James 's home life as entirely perfect background for a racing championship . |
| 24 | Opponents of rearmament in the Labour Party ( and until 1938 this included the leader Attlee ) argued that , however desirable under a Labour Government , the Party could not support Chamberlain 's rearmament without appearing to endorse the foreign policy that went with it . |
| 25 | Mother and I decided that in the interests of hygiene we could not take Father 's body into Chiguana , but must bury him where he lay . |
| 26 | But he could not say Vivien 's name then , he could not even think it , only look about him fearfully , clenching his hands . |
| 27 | He could not understand Modigliani 's disregard for both his health and his money and found it shocking . |
| 28 | He intended no offence to Scott , who was the leading living architect , and only wanted to appeal to his good sense and taste , but he could not understand Street 's attack on him , whose attitude that ‘ no one is an architect until he has been in Rome ’ , is the same as our grandfathers . |
| 29 | It was nothing to do with her and she could not understand Sara 's love of the old house . |
| 30 | managing director could not fund company 's litigation for one third of damages recovered net of company 's direct losses and legal costs . |