Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not sympathize with the bombing . |
| 2 | ‘ I may not approve of the theology , ’ Laura perused a Caravaggio , which pictured Elvis as one of the three kings offering gifts to the infant Jesus ; Elvis was offering a tiny guitar , ‘ but the quality , the sheer magnificence . |
| 3 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 4 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 5 | The coal mines act said that I should n't go on the face until I was sixteen but er the war was on . |
| 6 | Miss H. K. Todd , of Ramsgate , Kent said : ‘ We should be careful to keep sex in check ’ — clearly suggesting I should n't go over the top with this topic . |
| 7 | Erm , I 'll not go through the whole of this table sir , but I do want you to look at the next column , outstanding planning permissions . |
| 8 | I could n't care about the insurance companies , although I love your where I choose . |
| 9 | I spent two years in Washington trying to be a surgeon , but I could n't settle in the States . ’ |
| 10 | I could n't stay with the Sisters because of Andrew ; it would be betraying their trust . |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You told me I could n't stay in the woods , ’ said the boy calmly . |
| 13 | I started to feel I could n't stay in the same room as you . |
| 14 | I could n't stay in the centre , there was n't space in the centre |
| 15 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 16 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 17 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 18 | I could n't cope with the muscle cramps . |
| 19 | Sometimes , in a sort of way , I was glad to be in , when I could n't cope on the outside . |
| 20 | ‘ And frankly , I could n't disappear to the West Indies and leave you all in this mess with the business . ’ |
| 21 | At first I could n't walk down the street on my own . ’ |
| 22 | After after a fortnight I could n't walk up the street without stopping for a breather . |
| 23 | Utility furniture , I could n't think of the word |
| 24 | I could n't go without the gear , so I 'd have missed the first day . |
| 25 | T. B. I could n't go across the road to speak to another policeman if I saw him , never spoke to anyone . |
| 26 | I wanted to put a a morning on when I realised there was problems here just a morning an open morning which would of brought probably nine hundred thousand pounds into this building , in July I came in to try to see the Director of the playhouse I could n't go through the written way because I was waiting for exam date to come through . |
| 27 | offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting . |
| 28 | My limbs were managed and there was grit embedded all over my body , it was so painful , I could n't go to the loo and the Balinese maid had to give us sponge baths . |
| 29 | I could n't go to the disco , Mammy . ’ |
| 30 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |