Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he says : ‘ When the chips drop , when I get out , I may not even want to box again . |
| 2 | I may not even hook a fish , for the disturbance of retrieving a float through such shallow water , so close to the fish , would be sure to scare them . |
| 3 | And I must not only sit here and endure all this I must read her account of it at the end of the day , and think of something polite to say about it before I find ways of rewriting and neutralizing it . |
| 4 | However , I should not automatically assume that all these pieces represent a choral distillation of the ‘ green pastures and meadows ’ style of English composition . |
| 5 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 6 | Could my fondness have kept you steady I should not now appear before you in this solemn manner . |
| 7 | 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I was climbing up through this favela ; I should n't even have been there . |
| 10 | I should n't ever have got myself into that position but it 's a wonderful feeling when you get yourself out of it . |
| 11 | ‘ I should n't really haff talked to a stranger like that , ’ she thought , as she hurried back through the wood , ‘ especially a tramp , but if people drop paper about they really ought to be told , because they get other people into trouble . |
| 12 | And er , I should n't really have started this over because Lawrence takes so long to go through it , erm , find Johnson waiting , think it right . |
| 13 | I 'm sure you 're very busy , and I know I should n't really ask you , but we could meet somewhere near your office … ’ |
| 14 | Well , I might not just want it there . |
| 15 | It would n't enter his head that I might not just kill Vecchi out of hand . |
| 16 | If it 's a meeting , I might not even put that in at all . |
| 17 | I 've got all the countries blanks might not oh I might not even have the countries on but if you had blanks you could put countries in , that 'll be easier than |
| 18 | I might not even know what " living creature means . |
| 19 | Yeah , I might not even get it bu |
| 20 | in fact I might not even need to vacuum the floor , need I ? , if I pick that bit of paper up off there |
| 21 | And anyhow , ’ he ended with a trace of a grin , ‘ even though I was n't admitting the power you had over me , I think that even then I subconsciously did n't want you driving off anywhere where I might not easily find you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And if you had n't interfered and ruined my life I might not now have my career in ruins ! |
| 23 | Well I 'll have to get hold of your address and I 'll send you a birthday card but I might not actually send you a real birthday card , I 'll probably send you like a piece of paper saying happy birthday or something . |
| 24 | And what I 'll do is , I 'll not only pack my Christmas presents into that . |
| 25 | I said to the bloke I 'll not bloody pay . |
| 26 | But I could n't yet leave the phone and dash into the other room and give it to Sally . |
| 27 | I could n't yet hear the jungle drums that told you where to go on any particular day . |
| 28 | I could n't yet see how the city worked , but I began to find out . |
| 29 | I was sure that I 'd be safe from then when I finally emerged from the city on the far side — it was n't likely that rats would abe allowed too close to the Divine Sanctum — but I could n't yet see any sign of a far side . |
| 30 | But I could n't honestly ask for that because it was n't the purpose of our plan . |