Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] it [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must not use it selfishly without regard to the social purposes which it should serve . |
| 2 | ‘ Miss Malcolm , I 'm surprised that such a powerful voice , such a powerful manner , that we should not hear it out of the chorus … ’ |
| 3 | Yeah but you must have it you must n't pass it on to anybody else . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'm on edge , but I should n't take it out on you — you ca n't be exactly jumping for joy at the thought of seeing Garry with another woman . ’ |
| 5 | I also wonder what will happen if I have a second child — Mark might not make it back from work in time to be with me . ’ |
| 6 | and I 've had that taken out because I could n't , I just could not stand it especially in hot weather ! |
| 7 | Clive spilled some of the powder as he heaped it in the spoon , and could not hold it steady over his lighter flame , but finally he got it liquefied . |
| 8 | However , both the Commission and national authorities are bound not to disclose any business secrets and therefore the recipient of any such document could not pass it on to any other national authority or use it otherwise than for the investigation in hand . |
| 9 | At Hertford in 1705 , according to Tutchin , when it became clear that the Tackers " could not carry it there by Legal Votes " , the town magistrates created between 100 and 150 " Honorary Freemen , all of the Tackers side " , and managed to ensure a Tory victory . |
| 10 | But the raison déacute ; etre behind this concession was not so that the bowlers could swing the ball more : it was to prevent one ball becoming so discoloured that the batsman could not see it easily under the light of day-night games ! |
| 11 | I can conduct in front of the mirror , but if I was conducting an orchestra and something went wrong I could not put it back on the rails again . ’ |
| 12 | The Cleveland firm which installed the panelling for a drugs trial could not take it down until today at the earliest . |
| 13 | She tried , bitterly , to resist this fatal colouring ; she tried to reduce the trip to words upon a notice board ; but the mind had gone its own way , and she could not force it back into its grey and natal landscape . |
| 14 | Regarding the Marshall , I criticised the fact that you could n't set it up in a rack with , say , a radio system and leave it rigged , because you 'd have to unplug it every time you used it . |
| 15 | He could n't leave it there for long . |
| 16 | As she reached them she glanced back at the hire car , knowing that she could n't leave it there for long . |
| 17 | You could n't open it less with force , an it 's great force . |
| 18 | I mean I think there 's the same problem with children in a sense , I mean , you you talking about confronting them with the realities of the world and I suppose I perhaps if we if we did expose ourselves to the erm to the true meaning of what 's going on in the world , we could n't handle it psychologically without stopping it , without doing something about it . |
| 19 | I was unconsciously striving for something different ; I got that from my mother who could n't carry it forward for herself . " |
| 20 | And I said I could n't make it out at first . |
| 21 | Erm but whether that could n't wear it outside with this |
| 22 | But you could n't wear it out on this particular blouse |
| 23 | You could n't do it even with the Ship . |
| 24 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 25 | Matters arising through the procedure from any individual or any group of individuals on the shop floor , was dealt with primarily and respectfully so in regard to the individual making an approach to the foreman , if no settlement was reached then , it was referred to the shop steward in that department , if he could n't settle it along with the member with the foreman , then he could report it to the er shop stewards committee through the auspices of the secretary or the convenor . |
| 26 | The debt counsellor said that as long as I paid all the money I was getting from Social Security for the house , they could n't take it away from us . |
| 27 | They could n't take it back to the florist . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't take it seriously at first because it seemed so ridiculous , but then you look in the statute book and realise the maximum penalty for this is seven years . |
| 29 | So since his old fella died and he could n't take it out on him , he 's taken it out on his young missis and the young ‘ uns . ’ |
| 30 | I mean you ca n't , it 's not , I mean you could n't have it in like |