Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This feature occurs because rational expectations generally implies restrictions on the coefficients of the model , and if the restrictions are valid then imposing them should not worsen the model 's explanatory power . |
| 2 | I may not wear a mob cap , but I rake our coal-fired Rayburn daily and ‘ clouds of ash ’ is an understatement of the result . |
| 3 | I may not have a lot to give but what I 've got I 'll give to you |
| 4 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 5 | ‘ If I may not die a king I shall die like a gentleman ’ , he reflected . |
| 6 | Although I installed Legato , it was some time ago , so I may not remember the name of the directory where it was installed ; but Windows can provide this information . |
| 7 | It was an enormous subject upon which we had embarked , and I felt that , as a minor guest of the monastery , I must not monopolize the time of the guest whom everyone wanted to meet . |
| 8 | I must not give the impression of being without sin . |
| 9 | I must not forget the back-up staff and the community staff who visited me so promptly after my return home . |
| 10 | I must not remember the story I set out to tell . |
| 11 | I should not like the responsibility of destroying such a rare plant . ’ |
| 12 | He exclaimed , " Woe is me , if I only had my two darling nephews I should not lack a champion . " |
| 13 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 14 | I might not fit the breed standard , but who knows ? |
| 15 | I might not get a chance this week to read of the collapse of reason , of the loneliness of standing for something . |
| 16 | ‘ At 71 I might not get the chance to go again . ’ |
| 17 | When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 . |
| 18 | Sandy was already in the side , and I got talking to him again , Calero was struggling , and I said I might not have a bag for the Ryder Cup . |
| 19 | But if it 's a lie , then you 'll end your days as an old maid , Ann , for I 'll not marry a liar , and no other man will have you either , not while I 've aught to say about it . " |
| 20 | But now , after what happened , I 'll not miss the Pill again . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll not start a fight if that 's what 's troubling thee . |
| 22 | Do n't worry yerself , I 'll not mention a word of it to anyone . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll not mention the fact that you 're late again , ’ he growled . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll not have a babby in the place , I told them . |
| 25 | I 'll drive you to Glasgow the minute the snow lets up but I 'll not hear a word about it . ’ |
| 26 | At times like that I could not care a toss for JTR and wondered why the hell I was in such a situation . |
| 27 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |
| 28 | I could not forget the footprint , but I saw and heard nothing more , and slowly I began to feel happier . |
| 29 | My mother told me it was six ; I could not feel the lateness in the day , other than the westward blare of a reluctantly falling sun . |
| 30 | ‘ I could not finish the song and have never been able to sing it since even to this day . ’ |