Example sentences of "they [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Task allocation also means that nurses become very familiar with doing particular procedures , even though they may not give much thought to why they are doing something . |
| 2 | To begin with they travel only at night and often they may not go much more than a mile . |
| 3 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 4 | They may not have much impact on the result of Namibia 's election . |
| 5 | But to end on a slightly alarmist note , they may not have much more time than that . |
| 6 | These are such things as jealousy ( like my experiences of it ) and also if you are friendly with a popular person , they may not have enough time to get to know you as they are too absorbed in other friends . |
| 7 | But this does not mean that the children think they are in need of explanation and they may not have any detailed ideas about them . |
| 8 | They may not sell many plastic macs or pairs of 60s kinky boots , but with a 70s revival in the air Oxfam shop volunteers are being swamped with requests for clothes like this . |
| 9 | Having taken the initiative on the Northern Territories , officials of the ruling party are worried that they may not get all the co-operation they need from the civil service . |
| 10 | But they 're worried that if they turn down the property they may not get another . |
| 11 | A serious attempt to understand the relation between the real object and the thought object must therefore avoid the trap of giving an ideological answer , and this in turn demands that questions about the character of the relation should be open-ended ; they must not presuppose any one conclusion . |
| 12 | They then count , but they must not say any number that is a multiple of seven or has a seven in it . |
| 13 | Flowers will look at their best if bulbs are placed close together in the bowl , but they must not touch each other . |
| 14 | They must not keep such gifts to themselves . |
| 15 | Taking them to the surgery for routine checks ensures that they should not associate this with unpleasant stimuli . |
| 16 | Coun David Smith said having made the original planning blunder in permitting the abattoir they should not compound this by allowing the work . |
| 17 | I would to our officers they should not grant another contract to Borough Council until they start to use the correct machines for doing the work and I hope that that message now has got across to the cou county surveyor and he really ought to be talking to Borough Council to find out what they 're doing about it . |
| 18 | The judge had told the jury of what they had to be satisfied before convicting any of the accused , but the case cried out for a direction which amounted to the reverse side of the coin , namely , that they should not convict any person who was in their charge simply because of his association with others . |
| 19 | Though bureau managers are not permitted to favour any particular firm of solicitors , they are often able to recommend a number from which the client can make a choice , or if there is a firm offering a specialism which nobody else does there is no reason why they should not point this out . |
| 20 | Many women feel that they should not have any needs and spend all their time looking after others , juggling time and not fulfilling their own needs . |
| 21 | They should n't leave all this stuff unguarded — and what 's that envelope over by the pile of coins ? |
| 22 | But in a way then , they should n't , they should n't make such a big thing about all these skinny models , then , because , like , if you look at all these magazines and stuff , all these basically beautiful women are all like , you know , very , very thin , very very tall . |
| 23 | ‘ I told them at half-time that Batty was an aggressive player who would challenge hard and that they should n't expect any less — maybe I should have warned them before the start . |
| 24 | that they should n't feel that bad |
| 25 | Well your argument is that they should n't feel that bad , but they do feel that bad . |
| 26 | He says they should n't carry much money and if they are threatened they should never resist . |
| 27 | But they should n't do that . |
| 28 | Miss Hutchinson said : ‘ They should n't use that netting if birds are going to get caught like this . |
| 29 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 30 | ‘ They 'll not do that . |