Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us be clear that we should not think merely of the Europe of the Twelve . |
| 2 | However should the United States be able to demonstrate the necessary state practice and opinio juris to substantiate a claim of customary international law , there is no reason why such general principles of law should not exist independently of the Convention . |
| 3 | There is good reason why we should not speak ill of the dead but no good reason why we should not think it , if it seems to be necessary . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I know you should not speak ill of the dead , but Mr Andrew was n't half the man his father was . |
| 5 | Oh well , must n't speak ill of the dead . ’ |
| 6 | There were only a few realists in the ILP who appreciated that it could not function independently of the Labour Party . |
| 7 | I was never happy all the time , but i could get no character and could not get out of the life . |
| 8 | It was then he found he could not get out of the finance deal . |
| 9 | Rodney was not in the best of tempers because ( he kept saying ) he could n't see out of the rear window with that damned bicycle in the way . |
| 10 | But there was the famous walk-out when he stormed off the podium and then could n't get out of the hall because all the doors were locked . |
| 11 | Instead of making chances for his colleagues , the Scot , as predicted , could n't get out of the habit of making for goal himself , so the attack was stifled of passes . |
| 12 | This disconnection between aims and curricular plans seems to be an endemic disease of curricular planning and , unless amended , the National Curriculum will show that in the late twentieth century the policy makers still could n't get out of the rut of traditional thinking that has dogged education throughout this century . |
| 13 | I got cramp in my leg and I just could n't get out of the chair . |
| 14 | She could n't get out of the pit , but somebody knew she was there : her therapist gave her something of the same feeling but was far from being as much fun . |
| 15 | ‘ I just could n't get out of the way in time and the bike clipped my leg . |
| 16 | He would not put out of the power of his creditors the mental and literary resources which yet remained to him . |
| 17 | Ranulf was now fast asleep and the clerk breathed a prayer that his servant would not fall out of the saddle and break his neck . |
| 18 | Simon wept and would n't walk out of the house . |
| 19 | I think this is because for the last five months I was pregnant I was so withdrawn and would n't talk to anybody — would n't go out of the house , I used to sit upstairs or here hoping she would n't kick too hard and my dad would n't see anything . |
| 20 | She would n't come out of the river |
| 21 | He had this meeting on Wake Island that I described to you when they would n't get out of the planes , all attempts to persuade MacArthur to behave in a reasonable fashion . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm freezing , but I ca n't get out of the water with you there . ’ |
| 23 | ca n't get out of the habit . |
| 24 | That 's right , in other words , the insurance company ca n't back out of the contract , providing the client is paying his premiums . |
| 25 | But you ca n't back out of the whole rehearsal |
| 26 | You can argue about single currency but you ca n't opt out of the European Single Market . |
| 27 | They will not move out of the tradition in manner or moral , but will only marry higher education and will search for some way to use it . |
| 28 | In any situation where there is felt to be problems , these will not exist independently of the human beings involved . |
| 29 | I still have to carry water to her because sometimes she wo n't come out of the byre and follow her mother , which means that she is left all on her own . |
| 30 | Jesse Birdsall escapes the heat of Eldorado for an appearance and Specials beauty Kim Vitani appears in a bitter sweet story of a pregnant Asian girl who wo n't come out of the loo . |