Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd have reached Stella 's ears and I 'll not tolerate her being upset . ’ |
| 2 | Peregrine said : " We do not know the effect of waves and we can not estimate what we should build " . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't remember … something was put over my head and eyes and I could not see … ’ |
| 4 | A spokesman for the District Commercial Services said the issue involved commercial considerations and he could not comment . |
| 5 | Well actually forget what to say well erm thank you Richard for erm putting forward a very touching case I am sure we all share the sympathy of the Hatfield further job loses , but there are major opportunities and we should not prejudge those opportunities as yet . |
| 6 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 7 | The second period lasted more than 14 months and they dare not risk being caught again with so many cattle subject to movement restrictions for such a long time . |
| 8 | We are a group with a specific condition and specific demands and we can not wait for socialism and structural changes to solve the problems tomorrow , which today are the cause of our limitations … |
| 9 | months but it 'll not cost |
| 10 | This is still a relatively small aspect of our operations as yet , but the sector is one of the major growth areas and we can not afford to neglect it . |
| 11 | Shoppers will have more in their pockets and it will not cost companies vast sums to borrow for expansion . |
| 12 | A standard paragraph may not always reflect the tone required to deal with a particular enquiry ; it may not be quite appropriate to particular circumstances and it may not feel right to the recipient . |
| 13 | I I agree with you that those are concerns but I would not like things like grammar to be isolated out from other language skills |
| 14 | It was then the custom of the Church of England that a curate should be ordained to be a deacon ( the lowest order of the ministry ) whose duty was to help the parish priest in all his pastoral duties but who could not perform the priestly acts of celebrating the sacrament or giving absolution or blessing . |
| 15 | A child is not born for reasons and it will not fit even the prettiest box assigned to it by its determined providers . |
| 16 | It will be obvious by now that my account of the emergence of black sportsmen runs contrary to such views and I can not accept that blacks are ‘ made for physical things ’ any more than I can that their continued failure in more formal academic realms is based on inadequate intellectual resources . |
| 17 | Again , I respect my hon. Friend 's strongly held personal views , but Parliament has expressed its views and I can not add anything to the answer that I gave to the two previous questions . |
| 18 | That centre for one of the staff who work there , make quite profound impact on the quality of life for many people living on our estates and I can not see anything more short sighted than denying access to the sorts of services and the sorts of pleasures that people can get from use of a community centre like that by cutting back on staffing so that we ca n't actually use the capital resources that we 've b the capital that we 've invested in facilities like that . |
| 19 | As the pain became more intense there was less and less space for his mind to wander over things , undone things that suddenly took on ridiculous and unrealistic urgency , but his thoughts were still churning with his innards and he could not keep out stray fragments of enacted scenes any more than he could stop the brilliant black fish from swimming in the air past his eyes . |
| 20 | The RSPB is not a welfare society for sick , injured or captive birds and you will not find caged birds on public display at our reserves . |
| 21 | These days , of course , huge numbers of interactive terminals are also available for simple transactions such as automated bank telling , but these are rarely multimedia applications and we will not cover them here . |
| 22 | You might cut him to pieces and he would not speak , ’ said Isambard , thoughtfully frowning . |
| 23 | They could search a thousand years and they 'd not find it . |
| 24 | ‘ We have managed to keep relations very harmonious for many years and we will not let anything disrupt that harmony , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I 've smoked for sixty years and I can not change now . ’ |
| 26 | A military historian has compared the advantage JSTARS conveys to playing a game of chess in which you can see your opponent 's pieces but he can not see yours . |
| 27 | It said that strikes usually lasted five days but it could not differentiate between official and unofficial disputes . |
| 28 | ‘ My father-in-law was well aware of all this ; it has been going on for some years but he would not do what was necessary to right the situation , that is cut out the loss makers and , perhaps , substitute other lines — stationery , office equipment , videos or any other line compatible with the book trade . ’ |
| 29 | We may not always be completely happy with the published data we find in the Registrar-General 's reviews but we can not accuse him of using secondary sources when his organization has , in fact , collected all the information at first hand from the people themselves . |
| 30 | ‘ Now and again , tanks and armoured cars move into the crowds but they can not disperse them . |