Example sentences of "you [modal v] n't [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Take Daniel to your room , Ben , but you must n't make a noise .
2 You Must n't Make a Mistake
3 You must n't make a mistake — just like the army .
4 You must n't get a downer cos of it .
5 You should n't wear a switch , you know , ’ he said when he came back .
6 So there is no reason why you should n't do a rough-cut , followed by a fine-cut , before you start on your final version .
7 ROSPA ( Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ) advise that you should n't leave a child under eight alone in the home .
8 You should n't leave a stranger with them .
9 The KSA advises that you should n't pay a deposit amounting to more than 25% of the total contract price of your kitchen .
10 You should n't pay a penny until they 're approved , so there 's no risk .
11 For example , you should n't set a goal for a 10-minute improvement in the 10K .
12 You should n't judge a book by its covers .
13 ‘ It just goes to show you should n't judge a book by its cover , eh ? ’
14 She remembered an American Indian saying that you should n't condemn a man until you had walked a mile in his shoes .
15 " I do n't see , " continued Mrs Maugham , " why you should n't have a bit of fun too .
16 You should n't have a howler .
17 ‘ Somebody like [ the agency head ] is n't going to … lay down the rules of where you should take a stat , or where you should n't take a stat .
18 ‘ Are you sure you should n't see a doctor ? ’ asked Apricot , as Rhoda 's cough grew nastier .
19 In such circumstances one particular recipe takes over , which Easton 's section police call ‘ bluff ’ : ‘ Even though you might n't have a clue , you bluff your way through . ’
20 At this point , some hawk-eyed philosopher ( hawks have very acute eyes — you could n't make a hawk 's eye by throwing lenses and light-sensitive cells together at random ) will start mumbling something about a circular argument .
21 You could n't hurt a fly with that thing .
22 Miriam : You could n't oppress a woman in our traditional society , she had her place and her property .
23 ‘ Yes , and you also told me , yesterday , that you could n't do a thing about it . ’
24 You were condemned of people then you could n't care a damn about it cos you could n't do anything about it because your methods of running a country was a waste of time .
25 you could n't hold a conversation she said with her ,
26 You could n't upset a friend , ’ Eve said .
27 You could n't take a boat out in that wild sea alone .
28 There was you know little firms like that and yet everybody was in , nobody nobody would ever try and er and er and er and escape paying their contribution , but there was a law you could n't join a union till you were sixteen , that was the law then in then , but er when this strike came back and we came on strike in December , er we lads who was under age joined the union , they give us all six bob a week , the union did .
29 Whatsername took us to right , Alice and Kath did n't realize that you could n't write a cheque , did you ?
30 So th they , yo yo you could n't see a situation where the person who er was previously in disgrace , was no longer in disgrace , and the one , the the the brother , then showing je jealousy , was himself in disgrace .
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