Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Geese are the ones you must n't say boo to . ’ |
2 | She must n't lose sight of why she was here . |
3 | I think the other side of the Festival as well , you must n't lose track of , is that the Festival |
4 | Well that 's true but maybe , you know and if you 've to drink she , maybe you should n't drink sherry on top of what you 've had injected into you . |
5 | Just because the distribution of this information may be restricted to your own staff or a close circle of customers does n't mean that you should n't pay attention to its style or presentation , far from it . |
6 | I wonder who first decided that we should n't eat mustard with lamb ? |
7 | They are trained professionals but they should n't lose sight of the importance of getting children to accept the discipline that comes with education . |
8 | You should n't need oasis in a narrow container as the flowers wo n't have room to move about . |
9 | ‘ Look , I know that one should n't mix business with pleasure , but if I asked you again , would you come out with me ? ’ |
10 | Well you should n't play tennis on , on er on squash |
11 | For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’ |
12 | With the first round of the Regal championship the likely highlight , the meeting should n't lack interest for this series has been a winner from the start . |
13 | He should n't have faith in me . |
14 | I do n't see why you should n't have access to those . ’ |
15 | She knew she should n't cause trouble to people . |
16 | When people walk into an auditorium , one thing ought to happen and another ought not : their attention should be grabbed and held but at the same time they should n't fall flat on their faces because you 've failed to gaffer down a loose wire . |
17 | It was not that she could n't contemplate marriage to anyone other than Will . |
18 | I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’ |
19 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
20 | Lou Macari signed a three year contract with Celtic this afternoon then told Scotland Today he would walk away if he could n't bring success to the club in that time . |
21 | Nigel could n't stand poetry of any sort — well , perhaps limericks or his own early efforts . |
22 | But you could n't drape prettiness over Timothy Gedge . |
23 | You could n't invent stuff like this . |
24 | He could n't waste time in useless persuasion . |
25 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
26 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
27 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
28 | because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm |
29 | He could n't tell direction in the fog . |
30 | Roger From the Practice could n't tell emphysema from the common cold . |