Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is always a pleasure to talk to you , but I must not detain you . |
| 2 | ‘ I must not detain you any longer , Madame . ’ |
| 3 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 4 | A great deal of work is done in our schools , and we must not underestimate it . |
| 5 | Taiwan must not come under communist control ; it was not essential for the United States to control the island but the Chinese communists must not capture it . |
| 6 | First it must not lead us into a relativist position regarding Scripture as but one of many revelations of God . |
| 7 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 8 | Then , curled up in bed that night , she told Fenna that she must not do it anymore , she must not wander off , he must not let her . |
| 9 | ‘ You must not do it , Jamie , we 'll be in trouble with Colonel James , I 've told all you boys a thousand times . ’ |
| 10 | You must not do it yourself ? |
| 11 | ‘ You must not do it ! ’ |
| 12 | Any change must not make it easier for a defendant to escape conviction for murder in cases where there is a planned or revenge killing . |
| 13 | Dr Leslie Weatherhead wrote , in Prescription for Anxiety , ‘ Deadness of feeling , even if we think we do not love anybody , not even God , must not make us worry . |
| 14 | She rested her head for a moment against his shoulder and then sat up straight , conscious that she must not ruffle her carefully coiffured hair . |
| 15 | He must not copy it letter by letter ; erase or cover the original word . |
| 16 | His owner must not shampoo him while he 's knotty as it will tighten the knots and make them harder to remove . |
| 17 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 18 | You must not think him ridden with angst just because , for once , he 's agreed to discuss with us the things he normally ignores . |
| 19 | ‘ But you must not think it is only to bring you charity that I came . |
| 20 | ‘ The fact that we have now been blessed with two little ones must not blind us to our obligations , nor cause us to lower our standards . ’ |
| 21 | The self-authenticating nature of their experiences meant that neither of them was able to doubt them , yet the similarities must not blind us to certain differences . |
| 22 | The pension was a voluntary gratuitous payment ant the words ’ except in the wool trade ’ were merely an intimation to Mr Wyatt that if he did enter the wool trade he must not expect them to continue the pension . |
| 23 | ‘ Also , if you allow the dog to sit on your settee , then replace that settee with a new one you do n't want the dog to sit on , you must not expect it to suddenly understand why it can not sit there . ’ |
| 24 | It crept in amongst the ordered ranks of hieroglyphics in a simple line of graffiti , scrawled in French , on the hull of one of the royal barques : " You must not forget me . " |
| 25 | I hope the negotiation with Norfolk will give us that opportunity and the negotiations with the Department of Transport as well , we must not leave them out , this they are crucial to the solution of the entirety of these province . |
| 26 | Charity looked serious but she was obviously a master at the game and he must not show he 'd been jolted . |
| 27 | You must not reprimand her for doing as she was told . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ My dear sir , you must not tell me what I do or do not mean . |
| 29 | I agree that we must not tell him , but he is sure to find out , you know . |
| 30 | You must not tell her she has a nice bottom , because that 's sexist . ’ |