Example sentences of "[modal v] not [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | fund , er and we say that er , er we hope your Lordship will be with us on the main issues , but if your not , we say there are very powerful reasons of English and community law including er the obligation on the court under article five , to ensure that the , er the , the trials some two years hence lasting some five weeks with all the expert evidence , my learned friend says will be necessary , should not in the interim have the effect of er frustrating er the operation of er apparently valid provisions in the United Kingdom statutes and the Lloyds Acts and byelaws , which er , are themselves measures that have been adopted so as to pursue the policy |
| 2 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
| 3 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 4 | That is not to say that further development on a case by case basis may not in the course of time add further grounds . ’ |
| 5 | He would check it , if he needed to , but he could not at the moment see why Morgan would have wanted to kill the daughter to whom he had plainly been so devoted . |
| 6 | Section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 , even if it applies to composite rate tax , is not applicable for a number of reasons , not least that no valid assessment could be made under an invalid regulation , that no assessment was in fact made and that , even if made , the assessment could not on the facts of the present case have been said to be ‘ excessive by reason of some error or mistake in a return : ’ section 33(1) . |
| 7 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 8 | I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent . |
| 9 | He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons . |
| 10 | Mahmoud , incoherent with fury , could not for the moment say what it was . |
| 11 | Subject to some exceptions … it matters not that the doer of the act of usurpation did not know , and could not by the exercise of any reasonable care have known of his neighbour 's interest in the goods . |
| 12 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 13 | Lee could n't with the dog . |
| 14 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 15 | The Marshal could n't for the life of him remember that . |
| 16 | Because he could n't for the life of him imagine what he personally could have done to her . |
| 17 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 18 | You know , when I was bringing up my children in the early seventies I read about the the mergence of the new working woman , you know , how to balance a career and a home and children , and I could n't for the life of me think what was new about this working woman ! |
| 19 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 21 | I could n't for the life of me understand what Emily Lightbody might see in him , except an eternal good time . |
| 22 | Guy had always liked tall women , preferably those built on rather buxom lines , but right now he could n't for the life of him remember why . |
| 23 | There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ? |
| 24 | But I could n't in the end ! |
| 25 | It is erm on a highway and we have to be very sensitive to the erm not treating anybody whether erm it be a member of parliament or a councillor in anyway which would not to the authorities . |
| 26 | Critical of the US deployment , the Soviet Union would not for the time being join an international force , but would consider how to respond if the UN Security Council decided on military action . |
| 27 | Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three . |
| 28 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 29 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 30 | If your good lady mother is indisposed , I would not for the world — ’ |