Example sentences of "[modal v] not do [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just could not do without a diary that starts on Monday . |
| 2 | Stuff you could n't do as a drummer because you would have to follow the snare drum at the same time |
| 3 | In a piece she wrote in 1913 , Ada Nield Chew constructed an imaginary discussion between a Cockney and a Lancashire couple on women 's work and the vote , in which the London husband says : ‘ It would n't do for a man in my position to have a wife going out to work . |
| 4 | I ca n't do in a minute |
| 5 | The other reason is that Sir David is well aware that the sort of low-grade ‘ sex scandal ’ which is grist to the mil of the News of the Screws will not do in a paper that speaks to the Better Bred . |
| 6 | There are certain things I wo n't do as a manager . |
| 7 | TATTOO WO N'T DO FOR A JOB |