Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 You must n't just sit there and do it love .
2 So it 's it 's vital that you get this exercise right and it , and you must n't just think of it as part of the study of History of Language , it 's not , it 's , it 's a er a definite part of your course .
3 I think that 's right so , we we must n't even start even thinking about closing beds at the moment .
4 ‘ You ca n't stop it now , Seb — and you must n't even try .
5 Oh , I could have gone further , I suppose — put up a bullfight poster to make Stuart feel at home but one must n't entirely submerge one 's personality , I find , otherwise one 's guests do n't know whom they 're meeting .
6 But besides that there 's a lot of other influences that come into it , and you must n't ever forget that it 's a song you 're playing — to me , that has absolutely everything to do with what notes you 're playing .
7 We must n't ever bother with that .
8 ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’
9 ‘ He must n't ever know .
10 He must n't ever know that her father 's faith in her capabilities was less than rock-solid , because he would doubtless use that as one more negotiating ploy in his campaign to buy the club .
11 You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’
12 Minton imparted a sense of urgency to his students , advising them : ‘ You must n't ever turn down a commission .
13 ‘ If you stay here a bit longer , ’ Tremayne said , ‘ and if you ride schooling satisfactorily , I do n't see why you should n't eventually have a mount in an amateur race , if you put your mind to it . ’
14 If it looks and feels good they should n't drastically change their hair just because everyone else has .
15 Instead of returning to the dressing-room to change as she normally did , she made her way through the backstage area back into the club , determined that he should n't simply disappear without trace as he 'd done on the previous evenings .
16 ‘ You should n't not do it because it 's disgusting , ’ said Bernard , ‘ but because it 's carnal . ’
17 We should n't just think we 're not going to be here in two years time , it 's somebody else 's problem , they 'll take over our debts .
18 Yes , it 's very important to remember that both in , from this direct point of view and from Freud 's findings , you should n't just assume that it was a watertight compartment between two areas , as it were .
19 I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’
20 As they continue to fight their pop past PAUL BYRNE ! asks Mark Hollis whether they should n't just change their name to Whisper Whisper ?
21 I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit .
22 In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering .
23 At the same time I think others , or the points she raises , erm , you know are good points and I do n't think that we should just my personal feeling is that we should n't just shelve it .
24 You should n't just bugger off , you know , it 's not right .
25 One I 've already mentioned , namely , if you type something that the computer does n't understand , it should n't just say , ‘ I do n't understand , Error number three hundred and twenty-two ’ , or something like that .
26 The first piece of advice that 's necessary is that you should n't just try to be fashionable by choosing juicy speeches that catch your eye without knowing the whole play and having a working idea of how to perform the speech .
27 But although we ca n't comprehend these levels of improbability in our minds , we should n't just run away from them in terror .
28 Erm and er that it 's maybe very important at a time like this when children are potentially going and and knocking on stranger 's doors to be particularly careful so what we 've done is is is put together a simple guide for parents and carers erm which suggests that er they should n't just let their children go off for the evening .
29 Should n't just let flipping just work nothing , do nothing .
30 ‘ What you 're saying is , ’ she said , ‘ that one should n't even whisper it in the wind on the hill-tops because once said a thing can never be unsaid ; that expression gives power to thought ; that even the clear though unspoken formulation of a nebulous impression may be dangerous , giving it a force and potency which silence or merely a lack of clarification would deny to it . ’
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