Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb mod] [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day on which 6,500 redundancy notices were delivered to army personnel , Grampian Enterprise confirmed it would not be renewing the grant when the 18-month contract runs out in March . |
| 2 | The size of a giant child meant it could n't be educated in schools . |
| 3 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 4 | I knew it would n't be cut and dried vs Man City so I was pleased with the result . |
| 5 | I knew it could n't be restored to what it had been in the old days , but there was still room for a club where members had fun rather than did business . |
| 6 | DAALNY HAD discarded at once her anger and her pleading as soon as the choice was made , and made in such a fashion that she knew it could not be changed . |
| 7 | You could see De Gaulle fervently hoped it would n't be broached again . |
| 8 | So she said it would n't be done till tomorrow morning , but I need something , |
| 9 | The Foreign Secretary has warned of further military action after Iraq said it would not be bullied by the West into adhereing to the Gulf War ceasefire plan . |
| 10 | In Rogers v. Parish ( Scarborough ) Ltd. ( 1986 ) the Court of Appeal said it could not be assumed that the statutory definition of merchantable quality ( which dates from 1973 ) was merely a codification of earlier judicial pronouncements upon the meaning of merchantable quality ; pre-1973 cases therefore should not be relied upon . |
| 11 | When she pointed out this might mean she would be on her own yet again throughout another summer he shrugged and said it could not be helped and he had no choice . |
| 12 | ‘ They ’ said it could n't be done . |
| 13 | The tiler said it could n't be done . |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of people said it could n't be done , but we did it . ’ |
| 15 | Everybody said it could n't be done . |
| 16 | " Alligator " pulls it off They said it could n't be done . |
| 17 | An Olivetti representative said it could n't be done . |
| 18 | Everybody said it could n't be done . |