Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So , whilst they may encourage an atmosphere of informal comradeship and sociable learning , college teachers are not your equals and you should not expect them to treat you as such .
2 He read in silence for a moment , then said , with a laugh , ‘ I see that you might enjoy this , although I am not sure your mama might not wish you to read it .
3 well I 'll get the car and you can go out , I says you 're not getting the car out and I 'll not go I said you can go
4 And even if they do know , they 'll not expect us to pursue it after this , neh ? ’
5 Now that 's different you 'll not get em to cancel it but to get them to spin it out over a longer period is a possibility and that 's what we 're gon na be working towards .
6 I 'll not let them see me . ’
7 to the door , he 'll not let you touch him .
8 I had tried hard to destroy all feelings of love for him , but now that I saw him again , I could not stop myself loving him .
9 This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity .
10 Oh , this could not be happening — that she loved him so , and yet could not bear him to caress her !
11 I could not make her understand it was herself , and I began to be afraid that her illness was real .
12 I was desperate enough to consider rushing round the table pretending to be Pumblechook 's carriage , but I could not make myself do it , and just stood there helplessly .
13 Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am sorry you could not bring yourself to tell me about your parents .
14 When I plucked up the courage to ask my mother about it she just burst into tears and I could not bring myself to question her again .
15 But he could not bring himself to do it , especially not now , after Simon had revealed how she had spoken up for him .
16 And a photographer told how he saw a girl of about six so severely burned that a fireman could not bring himself to treat her by dousing her with a hose .
17 He could not bring himself to say it .
18 But Harry could not bring himself to condemn him .
19 She wanted desperately to confide in someone about this , but once again found it impossible to find anyone suitable her mother was too distraught , her father was dead , and she could not bring herself to mention it to Miriam for fear of provoking some too blunt observations on the mysterious workings of a lady 's insides .
20 She could not bring herself to do it .
21 Still she could not bring herself to touch him , until , turning his head , she saw the scar , and without thinking leaned forward to kiss that , a butterfly kiss like his , to show him that she loved him — and his scar .
22 These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area .
23 Despite the strength of her misgivings , she could not bring herself to voice them .
24 All explanations , all excuses were crude and deadly , and she could not bring herself to make them , but she could not sit there either , contemplating her own slow lapse from grace .
25 They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth .
26 Not only do we not usually think of Snell 's law when we try to net a fish or tickle a trout , but we could not use it to help us do so even if we did .
27 Even with a perfect ear , you could not determine which shapes you were listening to , they say .
28 He could not ask her to define it further , that would be asking for flattery .
29 They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me .
30 She could not let him read it now , in the middle of the preparations .
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