Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One must not open up the possibility for either partner in a marriage or a relationship to murder their partner , not as a result of a sudden , temporary loss of control , but as a result of a careful , well thought out and premeditated plan . |
| 2 | The consoling shrink tells George that , ‘ We must not rule out the possibility that you are a bird — a loony bird . |
| 3 | She must not give in . |
| 4 | Then , curled up in bed that night , she told Fenna that she must not do it anymore , she must not wander off , he must not let her . |
| 5 | Brother Kenneth , Prior of the order , which is based in Telford , Salop , said : ‘ Members are called to be chaste and , in modern terms , must not sleep around . |
| 6 | But one thing about our Asian men is that they think it a matter of pride that their women must not go out to work . |
| 7 | But was that not what she wanted — for a voice outside the clamour of her own head to tell her that she need not go back , that she must not go back ? |
| 8 | The user must not switch off the computer before this option is chosen as this could affect further use of the files on disk . |
| 9 | We must not move on until we have understood that this philosophical impetus to the modern age is the rise of a new humanism with man at the centre . |
| 10 | driving along , keep to the left except when road signals or markings indicate otherwise or when you intend to overtake , or turn right , or when you have to pass stationery vehicles or pedestrians in the road , allow others to overtake you if they want you , you must not drive on by the side of the road . |
| 11 | This must not get out , of course . ’ |
| 12 | But even without the figures it takes very little imagination to see why this council must not put off any longer the construction and commissioning of the southern fire station . |
| 13 | If we offer this kind of text to children , and if the gulf between the two languages is to be bridged , then we must not play down the magnitude of the learning task which children face . |
| 14 | But I must not look back , she reminded herself , otherwise I shall only cause myself unhappiness . |
| 15 | But Everton must not look back , not even to last week 's defeat against Manchester City . |
| 16 | High ladders from which she must not look down ? |
| 17 | Dr Kalim Siddiqui , who heads the self-styled Moslem parliament in Britain , said : ‘ We must not fight over issues in the sub-continent . ’ |
| 18 | Unlike other tourists , we must not linger over these delights . |
| 19 | There is also the oft repeated argument that we should not sit down together at the table until after unity is accomplished . |
| 20 | An example of the objectionable content of the draft was the call for relaxation of controls over private sector housing : ‘ local authorities should not lay down requirements on the mix of house types , provision of garages , internal standards , sizes of private gardens , location of houses on plots and in relation to each other , provision of private open space . ’ |
| 21 | Then , properly managed , perhaps using birth control instead of the crude culls practised by Zimbabwe and its friends , there is no reason why elephants should not go on producing ‘ found ’ ivory ( tusks picked up after natural mortality ) and tourist revenue for ever . |
| 22 | ‘ They are anxious that they should not go on running a system which may in the long term be at a loss , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 24 | Ron said that I should not go on to the track and kill myself because I might pull a hamstring . |
| 25 | To avoid boredom one activity should not go on for too long , so always have a variety of activities ready . |
| 26 | Much of Thatcherism is common sense and it should not go out of fashion . |
| 27 | He was then released on bail and , as is the custom , the police required conditions of his bail that he should not go back to his girlfriend 's address to prevent any possibility of any further offending . |
| 28 | The question of taking pension holidays in between out of surplus is a sort of mid midway position , but er very definitely we feel strongly that money should not go back to the company . |
| 29 | While most , for example narcissi and scillas , should be planted as soon as they are bought , tulips should not go in to the garden until November . |
| 30 | But a more novel objection came from Dr Leonard Wilson , when Bishop of Birmingham , and who opened a school without wearing gaiters as a form of protest because he believed : ‘ Bishops should not dress up in the way of the decadent eighteenth century . ’ |