Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dearest Mother and Dad I am sorry I can not write letter to-night will write to-morrow night . |
| 2 | I say I 'm sorry I can not understand a word you 're saying . |
| 3 | I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday . |
| 4 | I am sorry I could not help . |
| 5 | Sorry I could not help about your friend . ’ |
| 6 | Rest assured I will not buy my own happiness at the expense of … of another 's . ’ |
| 7 | Were my feelings not so strong I could not bring myself to say goodbye . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I made it clear I could not comment in case I prejudiced proceedings . ’ |
| 9 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |
| 10 | I can conduct in front of the mirror , but if I was conducting an orchestra and something went wrong I could not put it back on the rails again . ’ |
| 11 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |
| 12 | How women who do n't have professions manage to keep themselves sane I can not imagine ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am afraid I can not comment at all , ’ said Sir Donald Hall , deputy chairman of GEC-Marconi . |
| 14 | And more than that I 'm afraid I can not tell people . |
| 15 | I am afraid I can not bear just yet to go back to Baldersdale . |
| 16 | ‘ I am afraid I can not say any more . |
| 17 | I was really afraid I 'd not get it all down , and all the time he was listening out for me . |
| 18 | It was clear she could not banish the image of the dying child . |
| 19 | Remember that if you return home at the end of the session with the work you planned to do uncompleted you can not expect to return the next day or the next week to find the situation exactly as you left it . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , Emily Bronte never went to Ireland ( nor did her grandfather travel to England ) , so I am afraid she would not have heard any story ‘ at the fireside on the farm at Drumballyroney in Co . |
| 21 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 22 | ‘ Then I 'm afraid you might not approve of our rustic environment and rural activities . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ However … speaking of accommodation , I 'm afraid you 'll not find any suites of the type you have in mind — although there are the chalets , ’ she added as an afterthought . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid you could not come here . ’ |
| 25 | Now that 's different you 'll not get em to cancel it but to get them to spin it out over a longer period is a possibility and that 's what we 're gon na be working towards . |
| 26 | ‘ I am afraid we shall not see your cousins when we disembark , Ruth , ’ Mrs Carson said . |
| 27 | The doctor said , ‘ I 'm afraid we can not hope now . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm afraid we can not have any of this . |
| 29 | I am afraid we could not agree over certain … artistic matters . |
| 30 | Last December , when £2 million was suggested as the likely price for their property , Mr Widdup and his 62-year-old wife made it clear they would not sell at any price . |