Example sentences of "[adj] she [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear she could not banish the image of the dying child . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Emily Bronte never went to Ireland ( nor did her grandfather travel to England ) , so I am afraid she would not have heard any story ‘ at the fireside on the farm at Drumballyroney in Co . |
| 3 | They are convinced she would not have gone with anyone willingly . |
| 4 | When she belatedly realised that she must be pregnant she could not tell the Englishman , because he was away from the camp leading an action against an important German supply dump . |
| 5 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 6 | With the vicar 's views on hellfire she was sure she would not go unpunished , that he would feel obliged to deputise for God . |
| 7 | I was sure she would not denounce me . |
| 8 | However , she said she would now prefer to try to cope without coming to the hospital but would also said she was sure she would not take a further overdose . |
| 9 | Similarly , for the teenage girl from a strongly Catholic family it might be particularly important that she avoid pregnancy in a relationship with a boy to whom she felt sure she would not like to be married . |
| 10 | And even if she has been put out by human errors and offences , I am sure she will not hold that against a brother-house in distress . ’ |
| 11 | When she complained to a doctor that it was down below freezing she could not have been nearer the mark . |
| 12 | Currently one staff member has her back to the door and if the other two staff were absent she would not see the light flashing . |
| 13 | She regarded the wife of former Beirut hostage Jackie Mann as a ‘ dear friend' and was heartbroken she could not see her before she died of lung cancer on November 30 . |
| 14 | A triumvirate of male stars — Jason , Alan Dale and Ian Smith — were the most supportive friends in her life and the still nervous 20-year-old was scared she might not replace them . |