Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just one day when I 'll not be dictated to by this thing inside me . |
| 32 | I 'll not be wanting to live with a man what 's too proud to take a helping hand from someone as was like our own son , and that 's a fact . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ I 'll not be treated as a damned security risk , ’ the Prime Minister had said to the Deputy Under Secretary . |
| 34 | But waving that ; I 'll not be affraid of old worn-out Rivals … |
| 35 | ee , cos the pain is too strong aye well I go to the doctor 's on Monday er a , and so I 'll not be going to our Ann 's this |
| 36 | I 'll not be needing them . |
| 37 | " Tell me what you truly wish to do , Sara , " he said gently , " and if you sincerely desire to sail to Portugal and be married , then I 'll not be standing in your way . " |
| 38 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 39 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 40 | ‘ My business might be in a position where I could not be involved ’ , he warned . |
| 41 | The point is that if I could not be distinguished from others in some way , then the utterance ‘ It 's me ’ would be useless . |
| 42 | After all , I could not be punished for the death of Victor Frankenstein if he was not dead . |
| 43 | My father said I could not be received . |
| 44 | Though they were spoken for my benefit , I could not be assumed to share the same norms . |
| 45 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
| 46 | Because he lost sight of me quickly , he knew that I could not be going down to the river or turning left into the church : he had an uninterrupted view of both . |
| 47 | Then I got so that I could not be bothered . |
| 48 | I was reminding the golfing spirits that I could not be caught napping . |
| 49 | Her arms were finding their way about him , hands lifting , and the pleasure her mouth took from his could not be kept localised , a rapid tide of rich sensation spreading and sweeping through her whole being . |
| 50 | As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ . |
| 51 | ‘ It 's very kind of you , but I 'd not be allowed one . ’ |
| 52 | I 'd say I 'd not be caught dead in them they were |
| 53 | I soon learned to differentiate between the occasions on which I would not be missed , like chapel , and those on which my absence would be obvious , like team games where positions were allotted in advance . |
| 54 | I would not be mistaken over this , ’ replied Merymose shortly . |
| 55 | He said I would I would not be accepted . |
| 56 | I would not be threatened by McIllvanney . |
| 57 | Les Stewart , Senior Manager at Oban , who has responsibility for Scarinish , had perceptively anticipated that I would not be over-extended during my stay on the island . |
| 58 | I drained my mess-tin , got to my feet and went out across the cobbled farmyard , under the arch , and out along the road leading to Brigade H.Q hoping that I would not be requiring the special services offered by the medics . |
| 59 | ‘ I knew that I would not be allowed to box but I proved a point by showing up , ’ he said . |
| 60 | I am very conscious of what I would not be putting forward but I would include Rachel Whiteread for her contribution to Documenta : I 'm watching Anya Gallachio who has just shown at the ICA , and I would include Angela Bulloch who has been understood abroad more than here . |