Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I eat I can not help but notice the Frenchman attending to the pig ; he has now cut the animal 's throat and has set alight to the straw , the flames and smoke engulfing the unfortunate pig . |
| 2 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
| 3 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
| 4 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
| 5 | ‘ I fear I can not help you . |
| 6 | ‘ I fear I can not help you , ’ the voice concluded smoothly . |
| 7 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
| 8 | And I fear I can not answer that question to anyone 's satisfaction . |
| 9 | I mean I can not believe that the guy |
| 10 | If I am wrong , you may say nothing , and I vow I will not ask you again . ’ |
| 11 | As some of Mr. Gould 's descriptions appeared to me brief , I have enlarged them , but have always endeavoured to retain his specific character ; so that , by this means , I trust I shall not throw any obscurity on what he considers the essential character in each case ; but at the same time , I hope , that these additional remarks may render the work more complete . |
| 12 | ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things . |
| 13 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 14 | I suggest you will not take amiss the suggestion of a suitable restorative . ’ |
| 15 | I expect you will not see me again , eh ? |
| 16 | ‘ I realise you can not afford to run all the time but , that said , it should still be the first thing you have a look at , ’ he reasoned . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) Unlike a police interview you will not be given what is called a caution . |
| 18 | Bosses of the Tory-controlled authority say she can not stay in the school because she lives outside the priority area . |
| 19 | They say you may not be happy |
| 20 | Now this Act will bind six thousand of us — I am not speaking in my own interest , I am well past the age — but this Act will empty the glens of the young active men — and how can they marry if they are in barracks and camps in England , or in France if you send them there — you say you will not … |
| 21 | ‘ I know that you say you can not . |
| 22 | Fortunately for us , and unfortunately for Paul Azinger , he drove into the bunker on the 17th — the one place you must not be . |
| 23 | Planck is reported to have counselled the young Einstein in 1913 : ‘ As an older friend I must advise you against it ( the pursuit of the general theory of relativity ) , for in the first place you will not succeed ; and even if you do succeed no one will believe you . ’ |
| 24 | If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , there are important differences between landscape and wildlife , in terms of way their qualities can be measured , perceived and protected , which suggest they can not easily be treated as one and the same . |
| 26 | There has been an increase in suitable candidates , with women becoming more highly qualified through educational opportunities — businesses realise they can not afford to cut themselves off from 50 per cent of the market eg IBM , Unilever . |
| 27 | If they are not athletically fit they may not be able to hunt for a while and this could be critical , as most of them must kill regularly to survive . |
| 28 | Banks are said to be concerned that they could be liable for pollution from land or property they take as security , and insurers say they may not be able to offer environmental cover in future , restricting coverage to sudden or accidental pollution . |
| 29 | Erm they say they would not be willing to change their valuation , because that was the valuation er come to by the District Values Office from , so they are not willing to , to come down in price . |
| 30 | Now , almost ten years , on farmers there say they would not go back to the days of Government subsidies and control over what can be grown . |