Example sentences of "not and [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 2 | The inventory is compared with purchase records , and International Software ensures that the client company is not and will not infringe copyright regulations . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not and will not tolerate incompetence . |
| 4 | It is not enough for librarians to claim that censorship does not and will not take place in libraries . |
| 5 | About-to-be-ex-Lit-Ed , actually , come early January ( I 'm off to the Independent Magazine , which , although it 's the most literary colour supplement in town , does not and will not run book reviews ) ; but while there is a breath of bookish discernment left in my body , I suggest the following thoughts about the spring lists . |
| 6 | With few exceptions , aquarium fish will not and can not eat plants , since healthy plants are far too tough for the fish to eat . |
| 7 | This detachment does not and can not remove affect . |
| 8 | George knows Lennie ca n't and wo n't remember things so he is patient enough to repeat things for Lennie ; time and time again , day after day . |