Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , I , I , I 'm glad , I , I 'm glad I was confused on that point , because if I had n't been , I might not have have er |
| 2 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 3 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 4 | Walkers who would not dare stroll half a mile in inner cities thought nothing of walking 190 miles across the fells , dales and moors from St Bee 's in Cumbria to Robin Hood 's Bay in North Yorkshire . |
| 5 | ‘ You know I do not , ’ Siban said , ‘ or you would not dare ask . |
| 6 | That will give us many important opportunities which we must not let drop . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll not make do with de Guichet , ’ said Owen . |
| 8 | ‘ We have spent 10 years of hard work building up the reputation of the Northern Ireland Milk Cup and we will not let go of it lightly , ’ he said . |
| 9 | As to whether change is necessary or not one can not help pay some regard of that phenomenon of the post war world , Japan : If time travel was a fact and it was possible to transport someone from the middle of the social scale of Victorian Britain to the present time , he would think a revolution had taken place ; but the basic ground rules of social life and commerce would shortly become comprehensible to him . |
| 10 | I knew that in 1945 they could not make do on their rations . |
| 11 | Most models are very strict about what they eat , and they would not last long on a diet of cheeseburgers . |
| 12 | They would not dare risk a shot at anyone within a sword 's reach of their prince and his guard . |
| 13 | They would not let go . |
| 14 | It may not last long . |
| 15 | At each stop they would take one side of the street each and he could not help notice the disappointment on people 's faces if they got him rather than her . |
| 16 | He knew he could not dare go out of the main door . |
| 17 | He would not let go of it . |
| 18 | I was calling Sweetman 's bluff , confident he would not dare pull the trigger , and equally confident that my marine training would let me turn him into mincemeat . |
| 19 | He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable . |
| 20 | Once the gila monster gets its teeth into its prey it will not let go . |
| 21 | And he will not let go . |