Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've told the farmer he should not use women for work with the threshing-machine . |
| 2 | A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch . |
| 3 | Neal Blewett found just forty-eight " predominantly middle-class " constituencies in 1910 , while Michael Kinnear found seventy-five in 1921 ( and Kinnear 's figure is certainly an understatement , for he could not get figures for divided boroughs outside London , many of which certainly would come into his category , so the real figure may be more like ninety ) . |
| 4 | If after that he could not find sureties for his future good behaviour , he was to be banished . |
| 5 | One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy . |
| 6 | But he said he could not consider calls for an open sheriff 's inquiry , in spite of pleas by the islands ' MP , Jim Wallace , Shetland Islands Council , and the petitioners . |
| 7 | The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use . |
| 8 | Now he would n't have time for either . |
| 9 | He would n't dare scream for help if I robbed him . |
| 10 | Then Labour 's education spokeswoman , Hilary Armstrong said Mr Fallon 's assurances were worthless because he can not make commitments for the next Government . |
| 11 | ‘ He can not have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother . ’ |