Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 2 | The retailer should not sell you the first slice and the second cut should be of a bright , usually pink colour . |
| 3 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
| 4 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 5 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 6 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 7 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 8 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 9 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 10 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 11 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 12 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 13 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 15 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 16 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 17 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 18 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 19 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 20 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 21 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 22 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 23 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 24 | Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he would not give it the limited powers of disposal available in clause 4(4) ( b ) ? |
| 25 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 26 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 27 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 28 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 29 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |
| 30 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |