Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the argument put forward by Machiavelli that a leader ‘ must not mind incurring the scandal of those vices without which it would be difficult to save the state ’ on the grounds ‘ that some things which seem virtues would , if followed , lead to one 's ruin and that some others which appear vices result in one 's greater security and well-being ’ , is completely contrary to Gandhi 's views . |
| 2 | His patron 's arrest on charges of tax evasion suggests Mr Ozawa should not risk angering the tax authorities , or their friends . |
| 3 | doing it , cos that wo , let's not bother doing the questions . |
| 4 | He also recognises that ‘ the England management might not fancy giving the guys a swansong ’ . |
| 5 | They were intensely sensitive to criticism for diplomatic and military weakness and could not contemplate accepting the role of ‘ second fiddle on the world stage . ’ |
| 6 | Only she could not stop seeing the strange boy 's face . |
| 7 | Railfreight said it could not justify moving the oil by rail to Bedale for economic and operational reasons . |
| 8 | Although it was all very exciting , I could not avoid noticing the dirt and bad smells and heat , and I compared it sadly with my village home , which now seemed so far away . |
| 9 | Every time you took a breath of that foul air you could not help imagining the cholera poison gnawing at your lungs . |
| 10 | And now the train was taking me to Aunt Louise through the quiet countryside , and in spite of my preoccupation I could not help enjoying the journey . |
| 11 | Leaves were falling but the sun shone , and I could not help enjoying the ride , so stately in the funeral limousine . |
| 12 | He could not help touching the pupils ; extensive re-training was required . |
| 13 | And besides the coincidence of his getting a new handler , without explanation , right after the disaster , Coleman could not help remembering the schoolboy password routine he had been given on joining the DIA . |
| 14 | These planks he marked A , B , C , etc. , and all the man had to do was to sight along them in the proper order and he could not help getting the line right . |
| 15 | Caught at such a weak moment , the client could not help feeling the situation was urgent , and was often more susceptible to persuasion . |
| 16 | When the waiter came to take our orders , I could not help noticing the massive sexual equipment outlined by his soft cotton pants . |
| 17 | She could not help noticing the untidy grime of the house , and because she wanted to please the women who lived there , she began to clean . |
| 18 | They both express the same , slightly ironic , delight in the munificence of old houses : Cobbett , when walking through the Duke of Buckingham 's park , remarks in a manner that anticipates Harold Skimpole 's : ‘ I , like POPE 'S cock in the farm-yard , could not help thanking the DUKE and DUCHESS for having generously made such ample provision for our pleasure . |
| 19 | As he got to know Minton well , Tindle could not help admiring the older man 's flair for living and the way his response was never dense or dead . |
| 20 | There were inconsistencies here , though : despite himself , d'Indy could not help admiring the Lutheran J. S. Bach . |
| 21 | Customers who were not known to smile for years actually could not help making the odd comment to the cashiers . |
| 22 | We do not yet know whether this can happen , but we could not risk invalidating the experiment by using a sexually experienced woman . |
| 23 | Mozart could not begin composing the arias to his opera before reaching Milan because they had to be written to suit each singer 's voice . |
| 24 | Indeed , the EEC , in anticipation of its enlargement , had also begun to consider how it might accommodate the remaining EFTA states , all of whom for varying reasons could not consider joining the EEC , or were precluded from doing so . |
| 25 | But he could not resist holding the bird up to his desk lamp , so that the light ran across the surface and seemed to flow over the edges in crimson flame . |
| 26 | Anyway I finally got back , washed the lorry out and I just could n't finish washing the wagon out . |
| 27 | I could n't stand seein' the poor fings in those traps , ’ Aggie groaned . |
| 28 | I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers . |
| 29 | She said she could n't face tackling the job on her own . |
| 30 | Because when I read the leaflet on that crucial afternoon , it turned out that I could n't start swallowing the pills on any old day : the course had to begin at a particular point in my menstrual cycle . |