Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms . |
| 2 | ‘ You must n't go to sleep on my shoulder ’ , I objected , ‘ all the world knows you ’ . |
| 3 | I must n't slump into scum lingua just cos I 'm excited , Biff told himself . |
| 4 | One young woman whose husband was killed in an air crash described how all her friends had said she must n't cry in front of her six-year-old daughter . |
| 5 | ‘ You must n't fall in love with me … it 's no use — yes , do ! |
| 6 | So I must n't get to bed too late . |
| 7 | ‘ Must n't interfere with y'work , of course , ’ he added . |
| 8 | There were girls who followed Must n't Grumble from gig to gig just to be near the boy , recording these concerts on reel-to-reel tape-recorders . |
| 9 | Erm there was a big scandal about it and there was a report by um Butler Schloss which recommended , among other things , a whole range of safeguards and checks and balances of procedures so that this sort of , oh my God , this tragedy must n't happen in future . |
| 10 | If we are to oppose love to such wily , muscled concepts as power , money , history and death , then we must n't retreat into self-celebration or snobby vagueness . |
| 11 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 12 | Many secondary teachers are worried about it because they say ‘ The children are coming into the secondary school having perhaps used computers and we ca n't offer them computing for two or three years , erm you know and they 're going to be very frustrated , erm and so perhaps they should n't go into primary ’ . |
| 13 | I think Mr. Mendez wanted to get him on his way before he had time to change his mind ; before he spent another night staring at the ceiling and counting all the reasons why he should n't go to Contention . |
| 14 | Now one of the things that Ronnie Reagan was disappointed to find was that in order really to address his budget deficit , he cut federal aid to the states but he did it er dressed it up in an ideological argument which said you know that the government is too big , government is too intrusive , government should get off the backs of the people , you know , er we should n't go to government to solve our problems , government is the problem , that 's one of the , one of Ronnie 's other memorable phrases . |
| 15 | You should n't go to bed too early ! |
| 16 | He says they should n't walk to school or go home on their own . |
| 17 | Stan Thomas explains , we should n't allow for shrinkage all around , and reveals that marking and mortise gauges are left-handed . |
| 18 | ‘ No , we should n't play with money on a Sunday . |
| 19 | At a matter of fact , it 's rather interesting that because somebody actually had a go at Peter about this , he 's a B B C er and we er , we should n't enter into politics about this , but you know the background of Peter . |
| 20 | Nature intended us to be as we are , and we should n't tamper with reproduction . |
| 21 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 22 | ‘ When the children are out at school I could n't stay at home all day , ’ she says . |
| 23 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't stay in hospital because I knew he was there , ’ said the father-of-one . |
| 25 | A farmer facing thirty four charges of animal cruelty could n't appear in court today because he 'd been admitted to a psychiatric hospital . |
| 26 | In other words , you could n't stand for office in Harlow and say for instance erm if erm if we er win the election we 're gon na stop the sale of council houses . |
| 27 | He still could n't stand without assistance . |
| 28 | You could n't stand in front of it there was that much power in it . |
| 29 | Charlie , manager of a tit show with a little pimping on the side , could n't talk about sex without blushing . |
| 30 | And I could n't talk to mum and dad . |