Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] not " in BNC.

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1 All the same he watched them like a cold-eyed hawk , and Maggie knew they must not put one foot wrong , favour or not .
2 Kathleen was kind but she would not bring herself to visit and Dorothea knew she ought not to have asked .
3 Rosemary said more or less the same thing to Leith when next she saw her , and Leith realised she could not interfere , but just be there when Rosemary needed a friend .
4 I have also learnt much from the skills of others : without Chris Whitaker and Tess Lomax we might not have succeeded in improving the way we organise community care .
5 It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat .
6 Ursula was anxious to stress that her daughter 's safety was now her only concern and became impatient with the methodical nature of their questioning , but Charlotte knew it could not be otherwise .
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