Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That will give us many important opportunities which we must not let drop . |
| 2 | It may not last long . |
| 3 | So the consolidation may not last long . |
| 4 | Workouts featured by stars like Hollywood tough guy Dolph Lundgren and TVam 's Lizzie Webb may not help fight the flab and could land you in bed for weeks , says BBC TV 's Watchdog . |
| 5 | Let's not go go down a side road however , as it were , appealing it may be , let's stick to the main difficult one and keep chewing it until we can get an answer . |
| 6 | Okay , I , I , I 'm glad , I , I 'm glad I was confused on that point , because if I had n't been , I might not have have er |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll not make do with de Guichet , ’ said Owen . |
| 8 | I knew that in 1945 they could not make do on their rations . |
| 9 | At each stop they would take one side of the street each and he could not help notice the disappointment on people 's faces if they got him rather than her . |
| 10 | Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina . |
| 11 | Unmarried women had even less control , and could not own land at all . |
| 12 | He knew he could not dare go out of the main door . |
| 13 | Brigadier Dominic Kassiano , a member of the ruling junta , told the army newspaper Guwat al-Mussalah that food supplies in the towns of Juba , Wau , and Malakal would not last long . |
| 14 | Most models are very strict about what they eat , and they would not last long on a diet of cheeseburgers . |
| 15 | It was reprieve that would not last long . |
| 16 | Only the leaders were mounted , and even that would not last long , although there were horse-boys behind with replacements . |
| 17 | Walkers who would not dare stroll half a mile in inner cities thought nothing of walking 190 miles across the fells , dales and moors from St Bee 's in Cumbria to Robin Hood 's Bay in North Yorkshire . |
| 18 | I was calling Sweetman 's bluff , confident he would not dare pull the trigger , and equally confident that my marine training would let me turn him into mincemeat . |
| 19 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 20 | He did not doubt that she was a prisoner , for these were the Warden 's men who they had thought would not dare come so far into the forest . |
| 21 | Even England would not dare claim that . |
| 22 | ‘ You know I do not , ’ Siban said , ‘ or you would not dare ask . |
| 23 | He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable . |
| 24 | They would not dare risk a shot at anyone within a sword 's reach of their prince and his guard . |
| 25 | They would not let go . |
| 26 | He would not let go of it . |
| 27 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 28 | It is part of the dream , the nightmares that came before , the one that would not let go … |
| 29 | More frequent medical examinations would not help reduce the risk ; the tests currently available that might indicate , for example , whether an increased coronary risk does or does not exist , themselves carry a risk that exceeds that which we are endeavouring to protect against . |
| 30 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |