Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] must [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Of course I know that I must not make this mistake . |
2 | But I had made up my mind that I must not get emotional , so I hid all my feelings . |
3 | I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination . |
4 | I made a mental note that I must n't say anything to annoy my prim secretary , at least until after she 'd agreed to help with the business the next evening . |
5 | I did n't know any details , but a month or so ago I had a row with my uncle and he said then that I must n't count on anything from him ; if I did I 'd be disappointed . ’ |
6 | ‘ And that I must n't worry . ’ |
7 | She was quite nice to me , gave me a cup of tea , and said she knew about her father , that he was all right , and that I must n't worry . |
8 | I put a few pink flowers on the plant and remember that I must n't overdo this |
9 | Still , I feel that I must n't die without making sure that the style I can hear inside my head comes roaring out and drowns the cries of parrots and cicadas . ’ |
10 | Paralysed in its grip , she kept telling herself , over and over again , that she must n't leave him to drown : whatever Bella had said to her , however much she herself hated him , there was no point in pretending to herself that she could abandon anyone , not even him , to die . |
11 | Belle 's angels told her that this terrifying woman suffered excruciating headaches and that she must n't give up . |
12 | And if you 're not satisfied with what is happening or not happening you should say something but grandma insists that she must n't upset |
13 | Yet Travis — if it was him — had exacted a promise from her that she must n't breathe a word about Rosemary . |
14 | But even so he stripped her without haste , all the while keeping up a slow calculated assault on her senses , until the only thought she could cling to was that she must n't reveal her love . |
15 | Although he 'd assured her that there were no problems , and that she must n't worry her pretty head about her clients , who were sure to understand her problems , Laura still could n't help feeling slightly anxious . |
16 | She has also been told that she must not remain in the room after 11:30pm and that the campus is off limits for her 18-month-old miniature dachshund . |
17 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
18 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
19 | Then , curled up in bed that night , she told Fenna that she must not do it anymore , she must not wander off , he must not let her . |
20 | Sarah had been able to attend the caelidhes again , warned by her mother that she must not do more than two dances , but she found them greatly changed . |
21 | She nodded slightly , wordlessly , aware somehow that she must not speak , must not allow the spell to be broken . |
22 | She rested her head for a moment against his shoulder and then sat up straight , conscious that she must not ruffle her carefully coiffured hair . |
23 | More immediately , while realism dictated that Mary would go to England when she married , Henry was told very bluntly that she must not go sooner : such a demand would be ‘ a right high and right great inconvenience to the realm of Scotland ’ , and parliament trusted to the English king 's ‘ high wisdom ’ , and assumed that he would not insist . |
24 | But was that not what she wanted — for a voice outside the clamour of her own head to tell her that she need not go back , that she must not go back ? |
25 | Forced on to what she really meant to say , Kate fumbles for words , absurdly feeling she has to simplify , patronise in order for him to understand her in a language foreign to him , that she must not hurt his feelings , he is part of the oppressed majority , colonised daily by the people she has come to work for . |
26 | Annie asked , looking briefly into his eyes and reminding herself that she must not prolong the conversation . |
27 | In the cruel treachery of his words she had only one thought — that she must not seem surprised . |
28 | Anna decided that she must not profit by it in any way and consulted Constanza — she always did : You are my chief heir and it will affect you — Constanza told her to go ahead . |
29 | Things that she must not keep to herself . |
30 | Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after . |