Example sentences of "they [vb mod] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble with anonymous contributions to this page , not that I 'm not grateful for anything I can get , is that the people who send them ca n't get a lovely Community Care mug whereas those like Nicholas Holbrook , ( see below ) who refuse to hide their creative light under a bushel , have a mug winging its way to them at this very moment . |
| 2 | The residential arm is also taking advantage of lower land prices to buy sites within , or close to , urban centres , although the target for new sites is they should not exceed a 12-month sales life . |
| 3 | Although the government has told authorities they should not refuse a fast track assessment to someone just because they can not establish ordinary residence , there is nothing to say they may not . |
| 4 | However , ’ he added with a reassuring smile , ‘ there 's no reason why , with a bit of luck , they should n't make a full recovery . |
| 5 | In the past , in the past these children would be so severely mentally handicapped that they could n't lead a normal life , but if , if your able to control this disease and bring them up intellectually normal so that they 're like everybody else , they 're going to have the same life expectation and hopes and aspirations as the best , that 's the best of us , and what do women do when they get to the |
| 6 | Without Gesner and the rest of the cast they could n't do a great deal , but the Maritza scenes with Freddi could be rehearsed and several other small fragments of the three old operettas . |
| 7 | They could n't handle a nervous breakdown . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's simple , ’ he says , ‘ they could n't get a legal worker to do the things that we would . |
| 9 | Former Detective Superintendent George who was in charge of the Birmingham pub bombings investigation , Detective Constable Terence and Detective Sergeant Colin were told last week of the judge 's view they could n't get a fair trial . |
| 10 | They could n't get a red one . |
| 11 | When the police turned up , they could n't find a single witness — no one wanted to know . |
| 12 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
| 13 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
| 14 | They could not exclude a fourth person nominated by the company . |
| 15 | The founders of the Community knew that they could not create a viable organisation if they established goals that could never be achieved . |
| 16 | Hardliners reckon that without him they could not withstand a reformist onslaught for long . |
| 17 | Some prisoners were so scarred by their treatment that they could not resume a normal life . |
| 18 | They rejoiced in the fervour of the Patarini , as the insurgents were called ; and they delighted to find allies in the war against simony and clerical marriage ( see p. 437 ) ; but they could not condone a consistent stand against the authority of the archbishop . |
| 19 | They could not produce a new conversation in the milliseconds that they were accustomed to . |
| 20 | An Outer London authority noted that funds were specifically budgeted for training but that there were no budgets for individual departments , and that therefore they could not state a specific amount . |
| 21 | They need not have a common purpose , although they will frequently do so . |
| 22 | In the late 1980s developers knew that they would not make a decent return on their investment on a pay and play basis . |
| 23 | It clearly can not be an arbitrary aggregation of versions of modules since it is likely that they would not form a consistent set . |
| 24 | They would not regard a mere Act of the United Kingdom Parliament , in contravention of European law , as capable of releasing the United Kingdom from its treaty obligations . |
| 25 | And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division . |
| 26 | Reports of a deadlock emerged during preliminary discussions on Dec. 2 when representatives from the USA and the Cairns Group emphasized that they would not endorse a general trade agreement unless the EC cut farm support by 75 per cent and export subsidies by 90 per cent . |
| 27 | They would not have a great choice of subjects in their fourth and fifth years . |
| 28 | The reality of change is certainly understood by the Scottish business community which well knows the impact that some of the alternatives would have on Scotland — they would not have a happy impact . |
| 29 | A policeman had suspected them for loitering about , they would n't give a reasonable explanation or account of themselves . |
| 30 | But they would n't walk a few yards into the police station and tell anybody . |