Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 [ to BELVILLE ] Honoured sir , your last proposal to me convinces me I ought not to stay , so , with a thousand thanks for all favours , I will set out for home tomorrow early .
2 I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me .
3 But then no foreigner is ever going to tell me I can not walk on my country 's hills .
4 ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you .
5 For me I can not remember who said it , someone far wiser than far wiser than me but somebody said a judge is civilization by the way he treats the
6 Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time .
7 They told me I should not have got the pack in the first place .
8 This is where my parents and my girlfriend Mandy were really magnificent ; without them I would not have made it into 1986 .
9 ‘ After I told them I would not work on Sundays I got hassle , ’ she said .
10 Without them I could not have completed my course .
11 Without them I can not release the restless spirit in my bones .
12 They did not have electricity , it would be oil lamps and some of them I can not mind when gas would come .
13 I I would not go out there on to their property without letting them have knowledge that I was coming to their property .
14 Now I do n't think of us here and neither , certainly myself , I I would not claim to be any form of artist or expert but I think a lot of us can enjoy er getting our hands dabbling with paint erm paper mâché and other activities and in fact having that opportunity of ex enjoying those experiences that 's we ought to be able to offer to people in Cambridge and many peop children in schools they they do get opportunities but I think particularly amongst older people who 've never had that opportunity and I think you should be do so .
15 I I could not say it was n't fairly common too but no maybe yes is a good one .
16 No I I can not recall .
17 I I can not see that it can have because it was n't actually put to him but he did mention twice in his judgement that he was aware of this new material and as Neil Bennet said , we 'll have to wait and see what that is .
18 I I can not I I can not believe that it is w within the the standards of the conservative party that I joined , that this sort of diary writing , gossipy , pseudo history er is part of the convention .
19 I who can not get a wink of sleep
20 I myself can not leave London at the present time .
21 For it would encourage a reliance on schematic knowledge and a corresponding avoidance of an engagement with the systemic features of the foreign language , or at best a tactical use of them which would not lead to their internalization as a more general strategic resource .
22 But if you are a farmer like me you can not avoid winter , whatever your age or physical condition .
23 She came out of their lounge with irritation written all over her ; I think if she had n't liked me she would not have been annoyed .
24 Often people are unclear themselves about their motives for doing something so even if you question them you may not reveal the real motive .
25 For if you look at them you will not see something that is common to all , but similarities , relationships , and a whole series of them at that …
26 ‘ Tell them you will not harm them . ’
27 And so , when you come to the bible and you read the account of Jesus here on the earth , turning the water into wine , of Jesus stilling the storm , when you into the old testament and you read accounts there of the children of Israel , of the me , of the tremendous miracles that were performed by Jehovah , God for them well of course , there 's a natural explanation to it , because you ca n't do these things , there are natural laws that stop you doing them you can not take a glass of water , even if you 're God , you can not take it and make it into a glass of wine instantly , it 's got natural processes to go through .
28 You have done excellent work , and without you I would not have all the important details I needed . ’
29 You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all .
30 The opportunity to serve you and to meet you over the next twelve months I look forward to enormously and while I 'm not conceited enough to think that I can move mountains in the year ahead , or naive enough to think that I can please everybody fully , fellow Tablers I promise you I will not let you down .
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