Example sentences of "[modal v] not [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I think the peasants may not immediately sort of , I mean they wou they would have sort of linked together
2 The exclusive " Annie Thompson " design had only a small flap — that was adequate in normal circumstances — but near disaster in an emergency , when I could not even resort to the era of the " Flapper " in her cami-knickers , and go down one leg .
3 He would not willingly part with his leading actress , his Asshe heir : and as friendly Mrs Gracie had said , he could not now refuse Paul and herself permission to marry .
4 And he says that the registers will not just impact on companies owning the land included .
5 Plainly there are different degrees of misbehaviour and the partners will not readily resort to the extreme sanction of expulsion , but it is in the interests of the firm that a tendency to depart from proper professional standards be investigated and warnings handed down at an early stage before serious harm is done .
6 It is a sorry thing when an eagle can not even ward off two miserable hooded crows .
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