Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Peterson says I must n't talk to thee . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ When you 're out and about , ’ Rachaela said , ‘ you know you must n't talk to anyone . |
| 3 | ‘ He said he 'd buy me a Pepsi and I said you said I must n't talk to strangers , and I came away . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You must n't go to sleep on my shoulder ’ , I objected , ‘ all the world knows you ’ . |
| 5 | I must n't go to pieces , she whispered , tomorrow I 'll be brave , and ask Ricky round for a drink . |
| 6 | ‘ You must n't go to her , Rain , ’ said Oliver . |
| 7 | She longed to ask what was his monkey 's name , though she knew she must n't speak to strangers . |
| 8 | you must n't speak to people on the phone |
| 9 | ‘ You must n't listen to stories like that . ’ |
| 10 | So I must n't get to bed too late . |
| 11 | ‘ That must n't happen to me ! ’ |
| 12 | I 've always thought you are what you are and you should n't pretend to be anyone else . |
| 13 | Consequently , she admits , ‘ There was a part of me that secretly felt evangelism was something you should n't do to your dog , let alone a friend ’ ( Pippert 1980:16 ) . |
| 14 | It 's a bad time , admitted , there 's truth in that , but I should n't choose to be out of it . |
| 15 | You should n't go to other consultants because they 're not as good as us . |
| 16 | It should n't go to their heads . |
| 17 | I think Mr. Mendez wanted to get him on his way before he had time to change his mind ; before he spent another night staring at the ceiling and counting all the reasons why he should n't go to Contention . |
| 18 | Now one of the things that Ronnie Reagan was disappointed to find was that in order really to address his budget deficit , he cut federal aid to the states but he did it er dressed it up in an ideological argument which said you know that the government is too big , government is too intrusive , government should get off the backs of the people , you know , er we should n't go to government to solve our problems , government is the problem , that 's one of the , one of Ronnie 's other memorable phrases . |
| 19 | You should n't go to bed too early ! |
| 20 | He says they should n't walk to school or go home on their own . |
| 21 | His opinion of her work , like his opinion of her as a person , really should n't matter to her in the slightest . |
| 22 | Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt . |
| 23 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
| 24 | but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ? |
| 25 | You ca n't beat the system and should n't want to , because it represents a co-operative progress towards shared goals . |
| 26 | You know he should n't stoop to that level ! |
| 27 | That should n't relate to all you RUNNING readers who have followed Bruce Tulloh 's training schedules thoroughly and not just turned up on the day , unprepared and with no training under your belt . |
| 28 | You should n't talk to ministerial drivers . ’ |
| 29 | Anyway , I do n't see why I should n't talk to my own son if I choose . |
| 30 | ‘ And you should n't talk to me so . |