Example sentences of "[conj] she [modal v] not [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 2 | So and she ca I do n't know whether you noticed or she ca n't make a cup of coffee without spilling it . |
| 3 | This results in the helper feeling ‘ small ’ , because he or she can not find a solution to the problem . |
| 4 | Paula was amazed by the security arrangements that were necessary to ensure that the new season 's collections remained exclusive — the windows at the rear of the premises were heavily barred and practically the first thing she had to do on commencing her employment was to sign a contract promising that she would not breathe a word about the designs she saw . |
| 5 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 6 | It was true that she would not enter a shop in her own country . |
| 7 | But I managed , with little difficulty , to convince myself that she would n't miss a handful from a whole bowl . |
| 8 | Despite fitzAlan 's assurances that she would n't encounter a corpse , she held her breath with trepidation every time she swung her free hand in a groping semicircle . |
| 9 | The Post Office said that she would n't mind a visit . |
| 10 | Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock . |
| 11 | That said , Hillary has already reluctantly accepted that she will not land a government position . |
| 12 | Psyche , so lovely that she can not find a mortal husband , is condemned to be the bride of Death . |
| 13 | Ruth struggled for words , her mind so confused that she could n't rein a coherent thought to the surface . |
| 14 | That , and the discovery that she could not bear a man near her in the early days after the rape ; so she had feigned an illness , explained as the consequence of her breaking her engagement with Havvie , which , of course , had caused an immense furore inside and outside of society , and Mama and Papa had put off their visit to England , and sent her loving letters , for she had written that she had discovered that she did not really love Havvie at all , had merely been beglamoured by his appearance , name and title . |
| 15 | During the first days of that Holy Week Mrs Abigail continued to believe that she could not endure a marriage that was a travesty , and that she could no longer endure life in Dynmouth . |
| 16 | In many ways the life of a great political hostess was very attractive to her , which only made her feel more guilty , but she knew that she could not tolerate a life of subordination and absolute dependency . |
| 17 | That she could not find a simple solution to the problems of women in marriage can be seen from two poems entitled ‘ Mira to Octavia ’ which advise a young woman who has fallen in love with an unsuitable man . |
| 18 | Yet Travis — if it was him — had exacted a promise from her that she must n't breathe a word about Rosemary . |
| 19 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 20 | She was still tingling with pleasure and her cheeks burned when she realised that if he came back he could just take up where he had left off and she would not do a thing to stop him . |
| 21 | She would be quick and quiet and efficient and she would not miss a one . |
| 22 | The first row the husband stabbed the wife and she would n't make a complaint about it . |
| 23 | Might as well cos I mean might as well get a special offer as and she would n't carry a big one you see . |
| 24 | We 'd say , " What happened next ? " and she would n't say a word . |
| 25 | All such kinsmen are , from a girl 's point of view , either " brothers " or " cross-cousins " and she may not marry a " brother " . |
| 26 | He 's practically crippled that oldest lad of his , and him not ten yet , and she wo n't have a word said against him . |
| 27 | And she could n't drive a car . |
| 28 | The Daughter 's left wrist was either broken or sprained , and she could n't get a proper grip on her needle . |
| 29 | On the first two touches , it shifted , and she could n't get a grip on it , but on the third attempt , she clasped it between her toes . |
| 30 | You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because |