Example sentences of "he [modal v] not be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah he should n't be long before he 's home but |
| 2 | Otherwise he might n't be there when you go to pick him up . ’ |
| 3 | He was , perhaps , slightly thinner than she remembered , and , although he could n't be more than thirty-five , there were now some faint silver threads among the dark hair at his temples . |
| 4 | It 's her fault , that bitch Caroline with her red hair and her expensive perfume — he would n't be here if it was n't for her , it was her that had killed him . |
| 5 | He would n't be there unless Wang Sau-leyan wanted him there . |
| 6 | He ca n't be more than fifty . " |
| 7 | He ca n't be more than 25 years old . |
| 8 | You know , he ca n't be more than twenty-three at the most . ’ |
| 9 | Well he wo n't be long unless he sees anybody to talk to . |
| 10 | So I said no no er he wo n't be there and he said okay . |
| 11 | Though he can not be more than five or six , he wears a man 's anorak , badly zipped and uneven , a heap of purple fabric tilted to one side and a small freckled shoulder bare on the other . |