Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . " |
2 | ‘ My dear sir , you must not tell me what I do or do not mean . |
3 | ‘ Now , sergeant , you must not press me . |
4 | ‘ AS OF TODAY , you must not call me ‘ Sweetheart ’ . ’ |
5 | ‘ You must not misunderstand me , ma petite ! |
6 | ‘ And you should not ask me that , either , ’ said Sally-Anne , head erect , carriage proud , refusing to be won over . |
7 | We 've decided now that you you must n't treat me like a chi child . |
8 | You must n't think I 'm trying to find out about your private affairs . " |
9 | But listen , you must n't think I 'm wearying about not being able to paint any more . |
10 | Full colour : ‘ Listen , you must n't think I 'm wearying about not being able to paint any more , ’ says Mary Armour . |
11 | You must n't tell me — or Helen ? ’ |
12 | you must n't show me . |
13 | ‘ You really must n't bother me too much , old love , must n't disturb the goose when he 's trying to lay the golden egg , y'know . ’ |
14 | ‘ You must n't feed me so well , then . |
15 | ‘ You must n't flatter me , Ruth , ’ Mrs Carson said pleasantly . ’ |
16 | You must n't get me wrong , I think the world would be much better without software piracy . |
17 | He must n't see me cry . |
18 | ‘ You really must n't ask me that , Mrs McBride . |
19 | Hazel , Hazel thinks you should n't treat me like a child ! |
20 | I should n't bother I should just carry on chucking a bit on here and there same as everybody does , I ca n't see many buggers go for that bloody eight pound a bag . |
21 | Mind you I should n't talk I worked until I was sixty |
22 | ‘ Mandy , maybe you should n't call me Doc , even jokingly . |
23 | we should n't of , mum we should n't of , you should n't let me take cos I had erm |
24 | It 's important you should n't interrupt me . |
25 | And you should n't ask me — it 's a leading question and if you asked me that in court the judge would intervene and tell the recorder to strike it out ! |
26 | I 'm not really doing that right because I mean I should n't agree I What you say is right whether I agree with it or not . |
27 | Randall , 38 , who hit more than 1,000 first-class runs for Nottinghamshire , said : ‘ I 've had a bit of cartilage trimmed off , but it feels fine now and should n't cause me any problems at all next season . ’ |
28 | I say I 'll have a word with them and he should n't follow me . |
29 | It should n't take me much more than half an hour . |
30 | ‘ It should n't take me long . ’ |