Example sentences of "she [modal v] not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must n't lose sight of why she was here . |
| 2 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
| 3 | She knew she should n't cause trouble to people . |
| 4 | And his mother , anxious when she could not make contact with him , reported him missing nine days later . |
| 5 | ‘ I can only think she decided she could not marry Fabien after all , but could not bear to tell him so either . |
| 6 | She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry . |
| 7 | A CHARGE of rape on a mentally handicapped girl was dropped yesterday after a judge ruled she could not give evidence against her alleged attacker . |
| 8 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 9 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 10 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 11 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 12 | It was not that she could n't contemplate marriage to anyone other than Will . |
| 13 | But she could n't stop thinking of David in his white coat , visiting the patients , touching them , and this was where her thoughts made her tingle all over , and she had to set her mind to something else . |
| 14 | She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough . |
| 15 | Now she could n't imagine life without him . |
| 16 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 17 | But a wallet would contain all sorts of personal items which she could n't get hold of . |
| 18 | She could n't accept help from him . |
| 19 | Looking back to the time when she could n't find reverse on her company car , Alison contrasted this with her new job responsibilities : ‘ Now I 'm driving over 2,500 miles a month , much of it spent on the M25 . |
| 20 | A particularly charming smile ensured she 'd not take offence at his words . |
| 21 | No ; she would n't commit suicide after talking . |
| 22 | She would n't take advantage of his friendliness . |
| 23 | She would n't have supper for a start . |
| 24 | ‘ No , ’ she agreed blankly , avoiding his eyes , so that she would n't see distaste in them . |
| 25 | She would n't enjoy sex with another man when she had never enjoyed it with him . |
| 26 | I 'd been so quiet so that she would n't breathe fire on me . |
| 27 | A COCAINE and heroin user killed his 17-year-old girlfriend because she would not have sex with him , a court heard yesterday . |
| 28 | On June 28 she announced that she would not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election . |
| 29 | ‘ Because if she ca n't make money from the senator 's charter , ’ he went on , ‘ I was thinking of offering her a job or two on my own behalf . |
| 30 | They do n't notice her new suit , she ca n't feel attention on her face like fingers . |