Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [modal v] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that the recession they have caused and which so nearly ditched them will not go away automatically . |
| 2 | I suppose it was this that made Richard think I could not manage Flora 's job . |
| 3 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At the time it was worth five shillings , no mean sum for a Gorbals kid , but had this promise been honoured I would not have parted with the note . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
| 8 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
| 9 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
| 10 | And I fear I can not answer that question to anyone 's satisfaction . |
| 11 | ‘ I fear I can not help you . |
| 12 | ‘ I fear I can not help you , ’ the voice concluded smoothly . |
| 13 | I mean I can not believe that the guy |
| 14 | If I am wrong , you may say nothing , and I vow I will not ask you again . ’ |
| 15 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | I was about to add his son had been an excellent patient , and found I could not do it . |
| 21 | ‘ I found I could not afford it so I pulled out , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |
| 23 | ‘ You should know you 'll not change your father now and he means everything for the best for the whole house , ’ she argued forcibly but the strain was showing on her own drawn , anxious features . |
| 24 | In the ‘ He had green parakeets ’ opening she could not understand how the bird would get into the cage with his wings spread . |
| 25 | She , and could , found she could not fly and laid there looking at the sky . |
| 26 | She found she could not look up at him . |
| 27 | I suggest you will not take amiss the suggestion of a suitable restorative . ’ |
| 28 | I expect you will not see me again , eh ? |
| 29 | It howls you can not say whether out of agony or joy . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |