Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] be [vb pp] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | pathetic , it 's gon na freeze up again this afternoon down at Bournemouth , gon na have fish off the pier , go for some bees , but I could n't be bothered but there was nothing , it was too damn cold , it must of been minus five with the wind chill factor |
| 2 | Cos I could n't be bothered and I was n't dressed and it would be going all over to south London . |
| 3 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
| 4 | In a brief statement Edwards said : ‘ I have told my board colleagues that I will not be rushed and will come to a decision towards the end of the season . ’ |
| 5 | In a brief statement Edwards said : ‘ I have told my board colleagues that I will not be rushed and will come to a decision towards the end of the season . ’ |
| 6 | She has from day one showed her disdain for me as one opposed to hypocrisy and her type of esoteric or pseudo intellectuality — being satisfied as I am with intelligence , integrity and interest ( ! ) — and has manifestly made it clear she overtly dislikes me because I wo n't be moulded or do what she wants or tells me — she suffers the matriarch/ bossy syndrome ( childhood nickname I am told was ) and does not like the fact I am utterly my own forthright person who spoils the incestuous sibling smythe-watson quartet which she ‘ ran ’ so self-interestedly for so long … |
| 7 | So you must n't be bruised and disappointed because your impeccable piece is turned down . |
| 8 | She could n't be bought and she would n't be forced out of here . |
| 9 | If you can not be contacted or do not make acceptable repayment proposals within a reasonable time , we may commence or continue procedures to enforce repayment . |
| 10 | ‘ Where there is no vision the people perish ’ — if there are not clear internal channels of communication , and we are not able to talk coherently among ourselves , then we will not be heard and understood outside the Town Hall ; |
| 11 | They must not be bought or sold or even taken or given as a present . |
| 12 | They should not be handled or taken away if found . ’ |
| 13 | Above all , they should not be imposed and regulated by a central power . |
| 14 | Even if some of them come for what others hold to be a wrong reason , they should not be discouraged or their motives despised . |
| 15 | However , they should not be over-used or applied anywhere near the face . |
| 16 | They should n't be informed and I think that 's wrong . |
| 17 | ‘ The original walls were so badly damaged they could not be saved and had to be pulled down because the stone had become non load-bearing . |
| 18 | The fact is that Mr Kinnock and his friends understand well enough not only that they could not be elected but that Britain could not be governed without some serious accommodations of the kind they now stand for . |
| 19 | Thus in 1779 , when it was desired to refer to Choiseul 's despatches relating to the Family Compact of 1761 , they could not be found and copies had to be obtained from Madrid . |
| 20 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 21 | I said , ‘ They 'd surrender many of them , if they knew they would n't be shot or mistreated . ’ |
| 22 | They ca n't be sold but they could be a kind of gift ? |
| 23 | But the squatters are adamant they will not be moved and argue they are testing the good faith of whites who profess to want change . |
| 24 | But , importantly , they can not be ignored nor can they be dismissed easily as irrational fabrications . |
| 25 | But for those with a relatively static model of the universe and more or less fixed expectations , the discrepancies are deeply troubling if they can not be ignored or resolved by supplementary perceptual categories . |
| 26 | However , their benefits are much less tangible than a physical product in that they can not be stored or displayed and satisfaction is achieved through activities ( e.g. transportation from one place to another rather than say a seat on a train ) . |
| 27 | Some of these aspects may well combine in complex and inexplicable ways in the learning process and clearly the teacher can not take the chance of depriving learners of effective learning conditions on the grounds that they can not be explained or controlled . |
| 28 | They can not be shot or netted since they refuse to budge and will be sitting tight underground . |
| 29 | Like the colour of the great shades in the saloon , they can not be replaced or even exactly reproduced . |
| 30 | Lawrence warned : ‘ Bristol will be relaxed because they can not be promoted or relegated . |