Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [modal v] not " in BNC.

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1 Otherwise the content of the attributes not completed can not be known .
2 To many in the West he had seemed an utterly ruthless and even deranged enemy , a terrifying symbol of an anger and hatred that we had not expected could not understand and had no hope of controlling .
3 what can not speak can not lie :
4 Exam papers turn over your papers now do not look ca n't start yet .
5 These are life-threatening — cancer for obvious reasons , blindness because a fish which can not see can not compete effectively for food , and will be more vulnerable to predation .
6 Oddly enough , the facts you have gathered and not used will not be wasted .
7 Food which is not digested can not be used to provide body fat or calories !
8 You know they 'll make up with friends you know , what family they 're not asking wo n't they ?
9 Clean air is an example of non-excludability : if some people incur costs to avoid pollution , those who do not pay can not be excluded from the benefits .
10 But one of the most persistent and pernicious myths we 've inherited from Descartes is that mentality is essentially conscious , so that anything we ca n't introspect ca n't really be going on in our mind .
11 There 's an argument here for saying what you do n't know wo n't give you sleepless nights .
12 ‘ What the old man do n't know wo n't hurt him , ’ said Josh .
13 ‘ What you do n't know ca n't be forced from you , sweet Alix .
14 Not any particular one so then you 've got to think well I do n't know ca n't remember well let's try it what would happen let's try zinc maybe you 'll vaguely remember we tried zinc and hydrochloric
15 As Margaret had said , what people did n't know could n't hurt them ; Anyway , Mickey and the boys were n't really bad .
16 Benny Robinson was content to take his weekly wage and shut his eyes to anything shady , aware that what he did n't know could n't harm him .
17 Well , most veg you could n't use could n't use up , could you .
18 No so it would n't so it would n't work would n't work with the fives .
19 Would n't mind would n't mind tape recording his voice .
20 They 'll probably can see something we ca n't see wo n't they ?
21 That does n't stop Ca n't Get Used To Losing You , Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You and Home Loving Man being all-time classics .
22 Well of course Miss MacDonald would n't have would n't mind you to keep a book for quite a long time .
23 Customers are charged a nominal 50 pence donation … but people who ca n't pay wo n't be turned away .
24 Ca n't sing ca n't dance .
25 I could n't find ca n't find any books on
26 You two 'd stick together even if you did n't agree would n't you ?
27 Well they might do but I 'm , du n no would n't like to say .
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