Example sentences of "[verb] he [modal v] [not/n't] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is shown by the way that he remains relatively unmoved by dead people , brushes with death , people being shot/tarred + feathered etc. , but is close to tears when Tom Sawyer says he ca n't be in his ‘ gang of thieves ’ ! |
| 2 | Quinn opted to stay behind and train after being told he would n't be in the side or on the bench at St Andrews . |
| 3 | They know he wo n't be in any of the obvious places — that would n't be his style at all . |
| 4 | I would hope he wo n't be to late or he 'll be exhausted . |
| 5 | Now it seems he wo n't be with us for ever . |
| 6 | She could not tell whether he also meant he would not be at the flat long , only long enough to collect his bag and take a taxi to whichever friend 's spare room he had negotiated to borrow . |
| 7 | but then her excuse would be but I mean he ca n't be on shift |
| 8 | He joined her to say he would not be in the office that morning , a contact in the city had an exclusive story for him and they had arranged a meeting . |