Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The routines suggested are guidelines : some of them may not apply to you in your current work . |
| 2 | In particular we discuss two aspects of the interpretation of definite pronouns , which we call role mapping and name mapping , and suggest that either one of them may not occur in the interpretation of any particular sentence . |
| 3 | I may not sympathize with the bombing . |
| 4 | I may not agree with many parts of his speech , but it was in the finest traditions of the House . |
| 5 | I may not look like one of these stick insects you see in magazines but at least I 'm happy . |
| 6 | ‘ I may not approve of the theology , ’ Laura perused a Caravaggio , which pictured Elvis as one of the three kings offering gifts to the infant Jesus ; Elvis was offering a tiny guitar , ‘ but the quality , the sheer magnificence . |
| 7 | I ought not to sneer at him . |
| 8 | I ought not to talk about him to you . |
| 9 | ‘ But they obviously see it as an important matter of principle , so I ought not to stand in their way . ’ |
| 10 | I ought n't to flirt with you and I apologise . |
| 11 | But I must n't go into that now . |
| 12 | I must n't go to pieces , she whispered , tomorrow I 'll be brave , and ask Ricky round for a drink . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ she said in fright , ‘ no — I mean , I must n't think of it , I should go back , I was very wrong to walk on your land — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Mrs Peterson says I must n't talk to thee . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He said he 'd buy me a Pepsi and I said you said I must n't talk to strangers , and I came away . ’ |
| 16 | So I must n't get to bed too late . |
| 17 | My Mummy said I must n't play with blackies . ’ |
| 18 | I must n't slump into scum lingua just cos I 'm excited , Biff told himself . |
| 19 | Still , I feel that I must n't die without making sure that the style I can hear inside my head comes roaring out and drowns the cries of parrots and cicadas . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't know any details , but a month or so ago I had a row with my uncle and he said then that I must n't count on anything from him ; if I did I 'd be disappointed . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Steve , ’ scolded the teacher , ‘ tonight I want you to stay behind and write out I must not belch in class 100 times . ’ |
| 22 | Nay , I must not dwell on that now — I must put her from my mind . |
| 23 | Something I must not bungle through unpreparedness . |
| 24 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 25 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 26 | The fact that it will rain tomorrow , for example , may mean that I should not go to London , even though the balance of reasons on the merits of my going ( i.e. all the reasons pro and con but the rain ) suggest that I should go . |
| 27 | ‘ Then you , also , must be given that pleasure , for I should not care for you to miss an instant of any pain , Wolfprince . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I should not dream of putting myself forward in any way at all , ’ said Dian Cecht . |
| 29 | I am even going to give you some , which I should not do for someone who knows nothing about wine . ’ |
| 30 | Und the money , Alice — I should not say to you this — it walks away from him … ’ |