Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There y'are , Sergeant Joe , ’ she said , ‘ 'e ca n't slip yer now , only watch 'e do n't wriggle out through the keyhole . |
| 2 | ‘ 'E did n't say , but 'e wo n't want you nosin' around 'is room-'ere , come back 'ere . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 'E wo n't harm you , ’ said Tom . |
| 4 | Twice , she opened her mouth to yell Pascoe 's name , but reasoned that to call him would n't bring him any faster , and might well distract him . |
| 5 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 6 | Dostoevsky exhorted himself in his notebooks to ‘ explain the whole murder one way or another and make its character and relations clear ’ , but the artist in him would n't allow it . |
| 7 | If he gets the benefit for which he stipulated , he ought to honour his promise , and he ought not to avoid it by saying that the mother was herself under a duty to maintain the child . |
| 8 | He may not exercise his rights or he may shirk his duties , but he can not forgo them . |
| 9 | He may not fancy it , but it 's a safe bet that he would be the first man to do it . |
| 10 | ‘ For now , it seems , the prince has revealed to Sir Thomas the depth of his regard for you — even going so far as to say that if in due course he may not marry yourself , he will remain unwed . |
| 11 | But then he may not invest it , he may just consume . |
| 12 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 13 | Brut a lot of the time , they do n't want to report that their child is riding without lights , but they accept that if you have a quiet word , he may not do it . |
| 14 | ‘ But he may not think it grand enough . ’ |
| 15 | Dad 's oldest friend — he may not make it . ’ |
| 16 | Before Midnight had a chance to reply , Salt said sharply : ‘ He may not have aught to do , but the rest of us have n't time to stand gossiping . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm serious about that , it grieves me greatly the possibility that he may not hear what the patch has to say . |
| 18 | HE MAY not say it in public , but George Graham has a clear message this morning for Ian Wright : ‘ I can always get another forward but see what trouble you 'll have leaning backwards on a broken career ’ . |
| 19 | He may not know what a lying , idle little slummock he 's taken under his wing . ’ |
| 20 | The burden of proof is on the plaintiff to prove negligence and this may be difficult as he may not know what happened . |
| 21 | Though he may not know it , it is broadly the procedure of a creative artist who seeks to redefine his criteria of success , perhaps over the period of his lifetime . |
| 22 | On the other hand , in the perspectival sense of ‘ appears ’ an object can present a certain appearance to someone occupying a certain point of view and he may not know it . |
| 23 | The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn . |
| 24 | He may not look it , but he is a smooth operator . |
| 25 | As the hon. Gentleman has accused my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) of making a mistake , he should not make one himself . |
| 26 | Gandalf tells him that since he is not in a position to pass judgement on everyone he should not pass it on one person . |
| 27 | If he has only tinned fruits and custard in his larder , he should not serve them up as coupe de fruits avec creme anglaise . |
| 28 | He wondered if he should not give his Ka a name , and call it Taheb . |
| 29 | on the value of intelligence tests or of the reliability of certain statistical devices used in these examinations , there is no reason why he should not give his views , bur he will no doubt make it clear how far the views are personal to himself . |
| 30 | It does not mean , however , that he should not exercise his franchise and vote as he wishes at local government elections , but he should not be a party man otherwise his advice might be regarded as being tainted and the council as a whole , in the end , would cease to have confidence in his advice . |