Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must not reprimand her for doing as she was told . ’ |
| 2 | When I came home late after working overtime they 'd say , ‘ she is not a good woman we must not keep her in our house . ’ |
| 3 | Should not drag her from that moment |
| 4 | Being infected should not add to her credibility , while not being so should not disqualify her from comment , she says . |
| 5 | She dived towards it , anxious some other would-be caller should not beat her to it and begin on one of those endless conversations the French seemed to have , searching through her pockets for change and trying to recall the International dialling code and the number of the line which connected direct with Nick 's office , bypassing the busy switchboard , all at the same time . |
| 6 | ‘ You never know , it may not bother her after all this time . |
| 7 | At the root of the mixture of emotions that Kylie felt that day was the very real feat that despite the fame and fabulous wealth that might lie ahead of her , her future might not allow her to ever again be part of as precious and close a group of friends as she was during her Neighbours days . |
| 8 | ‘ But they 'll not let her beyond the parish-union boundary except by way of proper apprenticeship , ’ he added . |
| 9 | I could not expect her to be bridesmaid . |
| 10 | If I could not reassure her by telling her Neil was there , and watching , it was possible , more , probable , that she would insist either on my moving into a lodging in the village , or that some of the men from the village would keep watch on Otters ' Bay and the empty house . |
| 11 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 12 | She could not avoid her in the nurses ' home dining-room that night , however . |
| 13 | I could not tell her — I could not hurt her in this way . |
| 14 | He could not associate her with panic . |
| 15 | This morning even the scenery could not lift her from her jaundiced mood . |
| 16 | Maggie 's face flushed hotly and she was glad that Ana could not see her at that moment . |
| 17 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 18 | We would have to hope for a Tory victory , but , because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the election , he could not put her on the waiting list . |
| 19 | His impulse to clutch at her and lift her skirt and dabble with finger and thumb in her recesses led to a quick shame , and he was so appalled that he could not push her from him either but let her , still attached to his hand , mutter her compliments , in disjointed phrases falling pell mell . |
| 20 | He could not help her by attacking Havvie and creating an even worse scandal ; that would be self-indulgent , merely seeking to exorcise his own guilt for not believing her . |
| 21 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 22 | And , and that 's the only reason why he wanted her there , that 's the only reason why he could not accept her as a friend or an , as a companion . |
| 23 | Especially the ‘ ancient ’ family who had sold her the house and now , pathologically , could not forgive her for buying it , since they had lost caste by moving away — unfortunately for Jane , only a mile away . |
| 24 | She was jealous that I was to bear her husband 's son — I could not hate her for that . |
| 25 | The fact that the Superintendent could not look her in the eye was not lost on Kate . |
| 26 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 27 | She might say , and I would not blame her for saying , that the Strangeways riot and the riots associated with it have given cause for a total and radical rethink . |
| 28 | For Emilia , as for himself , Dr Horrocks 's reassurance that miscarriage was a kind of mercy had brought no deep comfort , and Frere would not remind her of it , for he had quickly seen that , in some way he was far from comprehending , the loss was more secondary to her than it was to himself . |
| 29 | I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way . |
| 30 | She visited Kitty , wishing the old woman really had been a witch and then she could have solved the riddles which would not leave her in peace . |