Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 2 | Dearest Mother and Dad I am sorry I can not write letter to-night will write to-morrow night . |
| 3 | I say I 'm sorry I can not understand a word you 're saying . |
| 4 | Sorry I can not |
| 5 | Now that 's a very detailed thing regarding the technicality of running the parliament , which I am sorry I can not right now answer you , but it 's covered . |
| 6 | I am sorry I could not help . |
| 7 | I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday . |
| 8 | Sorry I could not help about your friend . ’ |
| 9 | Rest assured I will not buy my own happiness at the expense of … of another 's . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Alton — a Catholic and fanatical anti-abortionist — said : ‘ While this policy remains intact I will not be able to fight for or recommend people to vote for the Liberal Democrats . ’ |
| 11 | Were my feelings not so strong I could not bring myself to say goodbye . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I made it clear I could not comment in case I prejudiced proceedings . ’ |
| 13 | the water stood so clear I could not gauge |
| 14 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |
| 15 | I can conduct in front of the mirror , but if I was conducting an orchestra and something went wrong I could not put it back on the rails again . ’ |
| 16 | By this time , my temperature and blood pressure was so high I could not even be given a proper anaesthetic . |
| 17 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |
| 18 | How women who do n't have professions manage to keep themselves sane I can not imagine ! ’ |
| 19 | Once up in her room , he said , ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be able to come again until next Friday . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be what you are looking for . |
| 21 | However , this is a programm devoted to ‘ bass ’ Cantatas , and I 'm afraid I can not be so enthusiastic about the soloist Peter Kooy , who is , quite frankly , rather inadequate in the celebrated Cantata ‘ Ich habe genug ’ . |
| 22 | I am afraid I can not bear just yet to go back to Baldersdale . |
| 23 | ‘ I am afraid I can not say any more . |
| 24 | And more than that I 'm afraid I can not tell people . |
| 25 | ‘ I am afraid I can not comment at all , ’ said Sir Donald Hall , deputy chairman of GEC-Marconi . |
| 26 | I was really afraid I 'd not get it all down , and all the time he was listening out for me . |
| 27 | It was clear she could not banish the image of the dying child . |
| 28 | Clinton 's wife Hillary one of America 's top lawyers has already made it clear she will not be just the mild , meek First Lady . |
| 29 | Remember that if you return home at the end of the session with the work you planned to do uncompleted you can not expect to return the next day or the next week to find the situation exactly as you left it . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , Emily Bronte never went to Ireland ( nor did her grandfather travel to England ) , so I am afraid she would not have heard any story ‘ at the fireside on the farm at Drumballyroney in Co . |