Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] not [verb] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may possibly be able to greatly increase that distance but of that I can not speak with certainty . ’ |
| 2 | After an encounter during a summer holiday in Sydney , which included being the butt of a four-hour tongue lashing , I can not write with detachment . |
| 3 | Rightly or wrongly I was convinced you could not deal with unemployment without a tariff . |
| 4 | Stevenson is also anxious that we should not dismiss with contempt the more completely non-rational aspects of ethical discussion in which we affect each other 's ethical attitudes by the use of emotive language or influence each other 's emotions in other ways which do not require the mediation of rationally based changes in belief . |
| 5 | We can not conclude with confidence whether pigeons have a map sense at all , and if so whether they use the sun or magnetic co-ordinates . |
| 6 | There is only one proviso ; the programs have been tested and used a number of times , but we can not say with certainty that they are bug free . |
| 7 | With Sycorax on her back , Ariel dropped on to her haunches and took up her baby and tied him in a cloth to her breast ; she rubbed his mouth with soursop juice to keep him dry so that he would not howl with discomfort to be changed ( she packed soft moss against his bottom , just to be sure ) ; then she took a basket of her herbs and preparations and whistled softly to Paca , the last of her caveys , to follow . |
| 8 | It will not improve with time . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the real value of land is constant ; and capital invested in it will not deteriorate with inflation ; in the long term the purchase of a smallholding even at inflated prices , can make sense if the buyer can hold back enough to put it in order , and stock and equip it . |
| 10 | Carbol fuchsin is especially useful for autoradiography as it will not interfere with emulsion and will not wash out in developer . |
| 11 | Germany has told Benin that it will not help with pesticide disposal until it refuses unnecessary donations . |