Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb mod] not [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Edward Balliol would not be couched down there , but upstairs in one of the principal bedchambers , for sure .
2 Miss Tan could not be charged with running a brothel because she worked alone in her basement flat .
3 Elly Jansen could not be contacted when Community Care went to press .
4 Picasso Triggerfish should not be kept together .
5 Since the conference would not initially focus on the problems inside Afghanistan Kabul need not be invited .
6 Unfortunately , R. J. O. Bryer could not be found .
7 Apart from repeats , Frank Spencer would not be seen again until 1978 .
8 Ray Hankin could not be expected to work miracles with the team he inherited from Frank Gray .
9 She was anxious that Swire Sugden should not be allowed to spread himself around like a malignant tumour .
10 If they did , the exquisite bouquets from Parisian florist Moulié Savart would not be delivered and Lagerfeld himself would be mysteriously and finally absent from their lives .
11 Whatever else it may betoken , it is clear for the time being that Mr Laws will not be asked to put on his war-paint and go a-hunting for scalps " .
12 GRAHAM Taylor will not be offered a new contract by the FA — unless he leads England to a successful World Cup .
13 Mr Taylor would not be drawn on whether he would seek re-selection .
14 Meanwhile , Mr Postlethwaite could not be located for a comment .
15 The Germans sound no less discouraging : Mr Gorbachev should not be invited , they say , if no aid is likely to be offered to him .
16 Until the outcome of these inquiries Mr. Tee must not be associated in any way with the Winchester Group .
17 A British source said : ‘ Mr Patten will not be diverted . ’
18 But Mr Warren will not be affected by yesterday 's ruling .
19 So unilateralism says Mr. O'Brian must not be made to pay damages for the emotional injury he caused Mrs. McLoughlin even though the judge thinks the opposite rule would be better for the future .
20 The government is predicting real GNP growth of 7% this year , and Mr Choi will not be blamed even for such a ‘ disappointing ’ figure .
21 Certainly , Mr Lamont could not be accused of that .
22 In that time , Mr Hurd can not be said to have stirred himself .
23 Murder squad detectives have warned that Mr Ashworth should not be approached .
24 While bringing many qualities to his new post , Mr Snyder could not be said to possess great insight into the subject — in fact he did n't possess any sight at all ; the new chairman was registered as blind .
25 Mr Ridley would not be drawn on the thorny issue of rail privatisation other then to say that investment was urgently needed in Britain 's rail and road links .
26 One City analyst said he thought Mr Ritblat would not be deterred by ‘ a little setback ’ and that the original offer was not too bad being a tax-efficient distribution of British Land assets to shareholders .
27 So far , I have managed to restrain myself from putting pen to paper to put a balance to the view emanating from the media and their very well-paid political hacks that Tom Clarke can not be allowed to continue as the parliamentary leader of the Scottish Labour Party in Parliament .
28 ‘ Thirty months have not elapsed since you first determined that the noble bequest of the late Mr. Whitbread should not be lost to the County of Bedford .
29 He supposed that Mr Cottle could not be ruled out as a suspect , but he hardly seemed a likely killer .
30 The Serbian action angered the Americans , who had been assured by Borisav Jovic , the previous chairman-president ( a Serb ) , and Slobodan Milosevic , Serbia 's leader ( an old-style communist ) , that Mr Mesic would not be opposed .
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