Example sentences of "he [modal v] n't be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fulfilling her needs wo n't settle his , he should n't be kept in a padded cell . |
| 2 | He might drive for Italians , but he could n't be made of the right stuff . |
| 3 | A dealer at Harvard Securities was subject to frequent telephone calls from one elusive Mr Bottomley , who wanted to buy a stake in For Eyes , but who insisted he could n't be contacted on the phone . |
| 4 | He could n't be seen in his dressing-room ; he could n't be found anywhere on the set ; he was n't in the canteen . |
| 5 | Bean had a point , even though he could n't be accused of understatement . |
| 6 | One of the councillors on the libraries committee took a copy of Gay News home to study so that he could n't be accused of being uninformed when the time came for him to vote for its rejection . |
| 7 | He could n't be found in Aylesbury . |
| 8 | His only regular commitment was a fortnightly diary , so he would n't be missed for another week or two . |
| 9 | Sure , he would n't be killed for anything he had on him , the poor soul . |
| 10 | Indeed , were there more than a handful of black presenters on TV , he would n't be burdened with the impossible task of being all things to all black people . |
| 11 | My Lords , the the Noble Lord is intensively anxious about this policy , if it was as unsuccessful as the Noble Lord believes , he would n't be exercised about it and sec secondly My Lords on cash protection , the Noble Lord confuses cash protection with money for erm er providing er information to parents . |
| 12 | He knew that he was going to have to give himself one night 's sleep at least , one night when he would n't be bent into the back of a freezing car or upright on a chair . |
| 13 | She guessed he would n't be used to much of that from her sex . |
| 14 | He would n't be drawn by Yanto 's urgent appeal . |
| 15 | ‘ The hospital say he ca n't be moved for two months yet , ’ said Annunziata , picking up the tray again , ‘ but then il dottore will arrange everything . |
| 16 | The Marquis of Blandford has insisted he ca n't be stopped from succeeding his father as the next Duke Of Marlborough . |
| 17 | You make sure he ca n't be seen from the letter flap , which is covered by a sealed box , then you look round the hall . |
| 18 | He ca n't be identified for security reasons . |
| 19 | He ca n't be left like that . ’ |
| 20 | WELL , YOU CAN SAY ONE thing for John Major : after ducking the date on two occasions when he might have won , he ca n't be accused of lacking courage in calling a general election when his party is at best level-pegging with Labour and , possibly , is even behind in the polls . |
| 21 | Now they say he will be assessed by the same doctor who saw him last time , so I 'm very worried that he wo n't be sent to a secure unit as he should be |
| 22 | He wo n't be caught by the door trick again . |
| 23 | But Buckinghamshire Social Services hinted today that when the fourteen-year-old is found he wo n't be put in secure accommodation . |
| 24 | At £25,000 he wo n't be secreted under everybody 's egg cosy at breakfast on Easter morning , but it is good to know that the best is there if you can afford it . |
| 25 | I too have a small furry animal to rename ( yep , Newsome is probably a good idea , at least he wo n't be sold like Macca and Speed look likely to ) . |
| 26 | And in the third interview , the net now drawn tight about him , when Porfiry makes a sudden little feint which suggests he wo n't be accused after all , ‘ Raskolnikov felt a rush of a new kind of fear . |
| 27 | ‘ He has been having a good rest , and by the time the middle of next month comes round when the big money tournaments start , he wo n't be knackered like some of the others . |