Example sentences of "[modal v] not do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must not do anything , she thought , anything which draws attention to my taking her mother 's place . |
| 2 | We must not do anything to discourage people from taking on that caring role . |
| 3 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You must not do it , Jamie , we 'll be in trouble with Colonel James , I 've told all you boys a thousand times . ’ |
| 6 | You must not do it yourself ? |
| 7 | ‘ You must not do it ! ’ |
| 8 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 9 | Government can not and should not do everything . |
| 10 | We should not do it for our sex . |
| 11 | Essentially they should not do it it unless absolutely necessary . |
| 12 | Editor , — Allyson M Pollock and Azeem Majeed 's arguments in response to our editorial on consultant episodes could perhaps be summarised as ‘ the internal market is intrinsically flawed and we should not do anything that would delay its demise . ’ |
| 13 | His successors of whatever party will not be bound by anything the Noble Earl may say this afternoon , it is inconceivable that a Home Secretary in five or ten years time , also what Lord say in February nineteen ninety four , I really must n't do whatever er I thought of doing in er that given the fact that the Noble Earl Lord gave certain assurances , he will do whatever he considers on that occasion to be right |
| 14 | I really thought it was going to be sort of ‘ You must not drink ever again' and ‘ You naughty boy , you must n't do it ever again' sort of thing . |
| 15 | So , for instance , if she tips a pot of paint over Jamie 's drawing , tell her she must n't do it again , because she has spoiled the picture , Jamie is upset — and how would she like it if someone did that to her picture ? |
| 16 | No I do n't think so , I think there 's a difference because the other excesses were on the peasants ' part now it 's okay whatever the peasants did , you know , it 's not terrible it 's , it 's fine to let the peasants do that , and also erm into the war period the peasants are gon na but must n't do it , this time it 's like okay , now we 're the party that 's saying let's go as far as we can . |
| 17 | You must n't do anything especially for me . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you 've lost hope , and the only thing I can tell you is that if you hang on hope will come back , and you must n't do anything until it does . ’ |
| 19 | You must n't do anything like that again . ’ |
| 20 | You must n't condemn them , you must n't do anything , you must just sit quiet and say nothing . |
| 21 | Erm he makes a distinction between poor peasants , some being utterly destitute and some just being less destitute but er basically as er seventy percent of the population erm they 're the main group that 's pushing revolution forward and s so therefore I mean it 's this group that the Communist Party must n't alienate , you know , they mu must n't do anything to harm this group , associations the Communist Party must n't attack erm the associations . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't see why men as well as women should n't do everything they can to fight it off . |
| 23 | Someone had applied for planning permission to knock down an old cow-byre in his garden and build a bungalow ; the environmentalists raged at this further desecration , the laissez-faire element saw no reason why people should n't do what they wished with their own . |
| 24 | Yeah you 're okay , you can go swimming , it should n't do you any harm . |
| 25 | I ca n't see why the ordinary housewife should n't do it . ’ |
| 26 | I should n't do it again today or they 'll have the law on you . |
| 27 | Although a whole fashion can not be reversed by a single book , Gurin and Bennett provide a scientific analysis of dieting and why most people should n't do it . |
| 28 | I 've told him , he should n't do it . ’ |
| 29 | His friend vows steadfastness in friendship , but repeats his warning : his illness came from too much study , and he should n't do it again . |
| 30 | If doing a deal with another company will help you to get their records out to people then I ca n't see why you should n't do it . |