Example sentences of "she [modal v] not [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must not forget the other reason why she had wished to find work here , and exile from her old life was not the main one for her presence in Vetch Street . |
| 2 | Determined that she should not go the same way as her sister , Jonadab Oaks had ruled Martha with a rod of iron ever since Tamar 's seduction by Sir William Forster . |
| 3 | once he said girls I will get your mother a proper washing machine , I agree she should n't move the heavy towels garden |
| 4 | She could not control the faint tremor of her mouth , and Rourke 's hand lifted , his thumb running gently over the pink fullness of her lips . |
| 5 | She could not bear the sweet pain of it . |
| 6 | But she could not disregard the friendly warmth of his arms that held her safe from herself until , impossibly , she fell asleep . |
| 7 | Tears would not bring him back , but somehow her mind could not register that , and she could not stop the slow salt trickle from creeping down her cheeks . |
| 8 | She regretted she could not say the same about his chest and general condition , and explained why in detail . |
| 9 | Fool , she was thinking angrily , and she could not restrain the quick glance that sought Emilia 's eyes . |
| 10 | Ariel saw the timehri , a chevron cut by a downward stroke , signifying great peril ; then again , later , after she told Jack Elsey that she could not find the necessary seaweed for a certain panacea on this stretch of the shore , but must go further , she found another rock , with the same fresh cipher . |
| 11 | It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry . |
| 12 | After the easygoing ways at Louise 's table , she could not believe the stiff formality at the Scott Wilsons ' . |
| 13 | She was now in a long , dark room with doors all round the walls , and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere . |
| 14 | Even if fitzAlan had not been involved , Isabel knew she would have to find another way to save her brother , because she could not deceive the anxious , sweet-faced lady who was gently explaining her new duties . |
| 15 | However hard she worked , she could not run the conservation projects on her own , and she could not afford to employ any qualified person . |
| 16 | ‘ I never saw one thing she wanted that did not sell , ’ but nonetheless insisted that this undisciplined approach was unacceptable for a customer trying to furnish a house , who might have kept a sample for six weeks only to find she could not reorder the same fabric . |
| 17 | But she could n't forget the unnerving memory of Lucenzo 's powerful body . |
| 18 | It transpired that her family had moved to Tala-Tala and she could n't face the daily ten miles on foot . |
| 19 | Tightening her lips as though afraid they might widen against her will , she then found she could n't bear the ensuing silence . |
| 20 | Juliet hurried away , but she could n't stop the warm glow that seemed to fill her . |
| 21 | He did n't deserve it , yet she could n't stop the cold sick waves of fear she felt at what might happen to him . |
| 22 | She could n't smash the freezing antarctic as she had beaten Zulei . |
| 23 | Suddenly flying as high as a kite , she could n't resist the tiny gibe . |
| 24 | She could n't resist the ironic dig . |
| 25 | She could n't follow the swift flow of Spanish but she could hear the reply . |
| 26 | cos this was Croydon I 'm pretty sure it yeah because otherwise she could n't have the basic from last year would she ? |
| 27 | But she could n't escape the watchful waiting eyes and muttered sullenly : ‘ 'T IS easier working in a tavern dressed as a boy . |
| 28 | Branagan , she could n't remember the bloody name could she ? |
| 29 | She could n't remember the last time that she 'd invited a man into her home , and now it made her feel uneasy to watch Luke Calder inspecting all these snippets of her life . |
| 30 | Even within the brief of this show which seeks to explode middle-class self-complacency and achieve a healthy honesty , she could n't depict the female figure as whole or intact , except as a limp doll , the life drained out of her ( Kiki Smith 's ‘ Untitled : Hanging Woman ’ ) without risking the distortion of the image 's meaning by entrenched male viewpoints , let alone explore the nature of the weirdness of mundane middle-class ‘ feminine ’ deviance . |