Example sentences of "[pron] [Wh pn] [modal v] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know what you need , Clare : someone you know and trust , someone who wo n't make you feel anxious . |
| 2 | And someone who wo n't overspend his budget . |
| 3 | This was life : going to bet with a man twice as old as yourself who was married to someone who would n't divorce him . |
| 4 | I listened with fascination to this insider viewpoint , and the moody Miss Brickell suddenly became a real person , not a pathetic collection of dry bones , but a mixed-up pulsating young woman full of strong urges and stronger guilts who 'd piled on too much pressure , loaded her need of penitence and her heavy desires and perhaps finally her pregnancy onto someone who could n't bear it all , and who 'd seen a violent way to escape her . |
| 5 | I am prepared to accept that anyone who knows me may dislike me , but when someone who can not dislike me because they do n't know me , attacks me , I collapse inside , I lose eloquence , I get frightened , sometimes I cry . |
| 6 | Someone who can not predict what will happen after he or she takes the first drink . |
| 7 | Come the glorious Labour victory , ‘ Third Term ’ should be played at full volume outside Downing Street with special emphasis on the lines ‘ I want someone who will not waste my vote , I want someone who will give me hope ’ . |
| 8 | Come the glorious Labour victory , ‘ Third Term ’ should be played at full volume outside Downing Street with special emphasis on the lines ‘ I want someone who will not waste my vote , I want someone who will give me hope ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I think when you first go into the Home , you 're frightened because you think you 'll be treated possibly as a cabbage or just somebody who ca n't do anything for themselves and that you may be completely dependent on people and you want to be independent . |
| 10 | for me to have er I I tell you what I do get concerned about Lynda is somebody who ca n't spell their first name . |
| 11 | I 'll tell you who would n't call me short ? |
| 12 | Alright , well the They give you the answer for those of you who could n't do it . |
| 13 | Charles Handy describes him as a man of immense power and influence , but ‘ One who would not exploit it ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ The only one who could not make it was a nuclear physicist ! ’ |
| 15 | And he just would n't let anybody near him who would n't kiss his ass . ’ |
| 16 | Do the souls of the dead stand behind some invisible mirror , watching us who can not see them ? |