Example sentences of "i [vb mod] not [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that is support for an industry , I should not like to be part of an industry that the Government were against . |
| 2 | He said I had probably done all I could ( little did he know ) , but that no one was omnipotent and I should not try to be for Jean-Claude what Maman had been — and still was , to some extent . |
| 3 | Mortal , I could not bear to be the one who slays the light . |
| 4 | But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance . |
| 5 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |
| 6 | That having been said , I would not want to be without the very special qualities of this new Teldec release — a most moving interpretation brilliantly performed . |
| 7 | Of the two , Biddulph again offer the finest transfers , though I would not want to be without Cortot 's version of the Liszt Sonata on Music and Arts where , despite so may battle-scarred moments , his performance blazes with an endearingly old-fashioned poetry , thunder and lightning . |
| 8 | And I would not want to be pushed further . |
| 9 | There is a very simple message here : if I were you Mr Chairman , I would not want to be a Labour priority . |
| 10 | Obviously there has to be ‘ give and take ’ on both sides ; for example , I would not expect to be guaranteed a space for the cycle if I turned up without a reservation . |
| 11 | As regards Editing for Industry , I am satisfied the management structure and the people involved ensure that it is far and above board — I would not wish to be associated with anything that damaged my reputation or that of the Association . |
| 12 | ( As I write , I hesitate — I would not like to be disrespectful — but continue , because the picture would not otherwise be true , and I think that she , above all people , would agree that a description should be true . ) |
| 13 | I would not like to be kept alive by a machine , like a vegetable , day in day out , she had once decided , I would prefer to accept my appointed day . |
| 14 | Now I would not like to be without it . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ I would not like to be a man in that city tonight . ’ |
| 16 | While it certainly can not be claimed to be a panacea for all ills , and no system of therapeutics has yet turned out to be that , it is an approach which I would not like to be without . |
| 17 | Certainly , I would not like to be in Dino Zoff 's shoes at the moment . ’ |
| 18 | Conference papers can be notoriously esoteric and dull as a collection and I would not claim to be gripped from the first page to the last . |
| 19 | Now I do n't think of us here and neither , certainly myself , I I would not claim to be any form of artist or expert but I think a lot of us can enjoy er getting our hands dabbling with paint erm paper mâché and other activities and in fact having that opportunity of ex enjoying those experiences that 's we ought to be able to offer to people in Cambridge and many peop children in schools they they do get opportunities but I think particularly amongst older people who 've never had that opportunity and I think you should be do so . |
| 20 | ‘ And , as Amanda Blore said , I shall not need to be careful any more . ’ |
| 21 | I will not consent to be portrayed in the press as a superannuated scarlet woman ! ’ |
| 22 | For I can not expect to be offered help , nobody else will care to take a turn at the heavy work of pushing . |
| 23 | Mr Crosby said : ‘ I also have 10 important League matches left and have said all along that if we do n't win these as well I can not expect to be given the job here . ’ |
| 24 | So I can not claim to be an expert , but I have been considering spending my own money on America this year . |
| 25 | I can not afford to be some kind of armchair politician . |