Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd go to all these really swinging parties with all these naked birds all over the place , all covered in drugs , and then this geezer in an acrylic suit would walk in. ‘ 'E would n't talk to anyone . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd go to all these really swinging parties with all these naked birds all over the place , all covered in drugs , and then this geezer in an acrylic suit would walk in. ‘ 'E would n't talk to anyone . |
| 3 | As an adult , this woman came to understand that the fairy tale had helped her greatly in throwing off her dependence on her brother , as it had convinced her that an early dependence on him need not interfere with her later ascendancy . |
| 4 | If he is trespassing , or seeking to detain and question a person when he has no authority to do so , or challenging another to a fight , his conduct will be outside the scope of his duty , and any assault on him can not come within the terms of section 51(1) . |
| 5 | If he takes into account matters which he ought not to take into account , or fails to take into account the matters which he ought to take into account , then his decision can be overridden by the courts . |
| 6 | He may not talk at all … ’ |
| 7 | I could be wrong , and if Kelly plays I sincerely hope he has a good game for if he does n't he may not recover from it , as he will always be known for ‘ screwing it when the Republic needed a win in Windsor ’ . |
| 8 | Ankle ligament damage has kept Sterland out since the end of last season and another setback means he may not return for weeks . |
| 9 | A man never thinks , when he undertakes one journey , that he may not return from it to contemplate another . |
| 10 | He may not sue in his business name , although this may properly be recited in the particulars of claim to avoid confusion . |
| 11 | Besides , he may not know about you ; his purpose may be nothing more than he says . ’ |
| 12 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |
| 13 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 14 | He may not take into account the disproportionate cost of policing the demonstration nor the content of the processor 's message . |
| 15 | He may not run to leather elbow patches , but during the Kincardine by-election , reports from several sides were very approving . |
| 16 | He should not intervene in little local difficulties in Cambridgeshire which , sooner or later , will be sorted out when the authority spends its additional resources sensibly by devoting them to raising the quality of education . |
| 17 | There seems no good reason for the husband to be able to claim that he should not convey as " beneficial owner " and the wife 's solicitors should therefore insist that he so conveys ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 18 | Lucien felt he should not answer in the affirmative . |
| 19 | I made it a rule — which , it is true , he broke from time to time when he had something particularly pressing or intimate to convey — that he should not drop into French while we were together . |
| 20 | He should not wait until 1993 , which is the present proposal . |
| 21 | May I remind the honourable member that there is no reason why he should not tear to pieces these four statutory instruments if that 's what he wishes , but that is what he must do not deal with all the others . |
| 22 | The solicitor contacted by the first defendant and Mr. Morgan for the purposes of the new will , Mr. Burgess , concluded that the deceased lacked testamentary competence and that he should not proceed in the matter . |
| 23 | Those in authority had decided that Marcus should intermit a year of his education , in order to recuperate , and that he should not live with his father , a man of uncertain temper , of whom he had expressed extreme and unreasoning terror . |
| 24 | A present employee must respect the confidentiality of his employer 's information even to the extent that he should not pry into information he has been told not to look at . |
| 25 | ‘ He should n't bark at me , I 'm family , ’ Benny defended him . |
| 26 | He says he was injured , but his treatment means he should n't suffer for too long . |
| 27 | I think Mr. Mendez wanted to get him on his way before he had time to change his mind ; before he spent another night staring at the ceiling and counting all the reasons why he should n't go to Contention . |
| 28 | ‘ He should n't go in there , ’ said one . |
| 29 | You know he should n't stoop to that level ! |
| 30 | He used it whereever he could and in some places where he should n't like in the rainwater system . |