Example sentences of "they [vb mod] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I send them to you now in a pill-box wrapped close in paper that they may n't chink . |
2 | ‘ They ought n't to wake , ’ he said , worriedly , ‘ but you never know . |
3 | ‘ They must n't go there , then ! ’ |
4 | They must n't go down this road again , it could only lead to disaster . |
5 | Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target |
6 | And , of course , not sleep together , which they must n't do if they 're living apart either . |
7 | ‘ They must n't forget there 's a recession going on and we 've just got to be realistic about money . ’ |
8 | I believe in them and they must n't start thinking it has gone . ’ |
9 | Molly did n't remind her that they must n't arrive too early because S. Kettering had told them not to . |
10 | The living room is the room where they must n't take their toys . |
11 | She says that they must n't become complacent . |
12 | And when he returned to the college , he told the students they must n't let blindness get in the way of their creativity . |
13 | They must n't kill you too ! ’ |
14 | So they must n't put , you know , their full name or whatever |
15 | Patients , particularly women who are conditioned from childhood to be accepting rather than questioning , are given the sense that they must n't try to invade medical territory . |
16 | Given the policy of restraint we believe that they should provide enough land to meet requirements , they should n't base their figure on past overtake . |
17 | For instance , after that dreadful murder on Wimbledon Common , we did n't say to women that they should n't go there but that they should stick to main paths , with other people rather than alone . ’ |
18 | They knew that she had money , and most of them saw no reason why they should n't go Dutch when they went out , and , until now , neither had she . |
19 | Many secondary teachers are worried about it because they say ‘ The children are coming into the secondary school having perhaps used computers and we ca n't offer them computing for two or three years , erm you know and they 're going to be very frustrated , erm and so perhaps they should n't go into primary ’ . |
20 | They should n't leave all this stuff unguarded — and what 's that envelope over by the pile of coins ? |
21 | Because as they should n't fail you if you 're fat . |
22 | What the Government is trying to do is to persuade the estate agents that they should n't give false particulars at all . |
23 | There 's absolutely no reason why , if we provide the correct habitat , they should n't move down and we could have otters in the Thames region perhaps within the next 10 years . |
24 | Yeah well I mean they should n't wind people up I mean she 's just . |
25 | THEY SHOULD N'T make 'em like this anymore . |
26 | He ran his hand the length of her spine , making her aware that he wanted her as badly as she wanted him , and for a wild moment she could see no reason why they should n't make love . |
27 | However , ’ he added with a reassuring smile , ‘ there 's no reason why , with a bit of luck , they should n't make a full recovery . |
28 | I 'm not saying that they should n't make a mess or like that |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ 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 . |