Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ankle ligament damage has kept Sterland out since the end of last season and another setback means he may not return for weeks . |
| 2 | He says he was injured , but his treatment means he should n't suffer for too long . |
| 3 | A process so hedged about with medical mystery and old wives ' tales that no man was allowed to share in it now became an experience he must not miss for the world . |
| 4 | Dalgliesh felt impatient for the arrival of the forensic biologist , although he knew he could n't hope for the answer , not yet . |
| 5 | He could do nothing more until the various reports he 'd asked for came in , and he could n't hope for anything much before late afternoon . |
| 6 | He could n't pay for Yussuf . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , he could n't talk for long and the line was very bad but she 's absolutely sure it was John . |
| 8 | He could n't relax for an instant . |
| 9 | He could n't wait for her return to the Hit Factory . |
| 10 | He had never seen her mother or her aunt so he could n't look for family resemblances . |
| 11 | Sebastian Coe ( he gives Sheffield a bad name — he stood for Parliament because he could n't run for toffee ) |
| 12 | To Neil , hide-bound Englishman that he was , Philip Arbuthnot was best described as Irish , because he could n't account for him in any other way . |
| 13 | No , Newman had detected something he could n't account for . |
| 14 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 15 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |
| 16 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 17 | His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now . |
| 18 | He could not sleep for two days before Billy 's first night , on 1 May 1974 , and he was unable to eat during the day of the opening show , which was attended by Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother . |
| 19 | Although it made him uneasy , he could not tell for some moments what it was . |
| 20 | He could not lecture for the Archbishop of Canterbury because he was already committed to lecture for the Archbishop of York . |
| 21 | Mr Anderson told the tribunal he could not apply for bad debt relief until 12 months after the debt had arisen while Customs had penalised him for paying the VAT ‘ a mere 16 days late . ’ |
| 22 | He could not plan for the way of the wind , that was luck , but for the rest he had everything at his finger-ends . |
| 23 | ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain . |
| 24 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 25 | I tell you there ai n't nothing he would not do for that football club . |
| 26 | ‘ Suddenly , ’ Mr Parker recalled , ‘ he calmly turned to me and said he would not negotiate for Taylor at all , would pretend he knew nothing about him , and would go all out for the other goalkeeper . ’ |
| 27 | We came here to Siena , where I have been before , though to a different house , to visit my husband who accompanied the Brownings last month , the doctor having ordered Mrs Browning to be taken out of this city or he would not answer for the consequences . |
| 28 | The speed at which McCarthy gathered support stunned America and had the campuses screaming with delight , especially when , on 31 March , their arch-enemy Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would not stand for re-election . |
| 29 | In Michael 's mind it was tantamount to mutiny and he would not stand for anyone disagreeing with him . |
| 30 | Whilst the process of jury selection was still under way , Barry made a television address on June 13 in which he announced that he would not stand for re-election for a fourth term in November 1990 , but would serve the remainder of his current four-year term , due to expire on Jan. 2 , 1991 . |