Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not her fault Petya wo n't speak to me ; it 's just that he turned against me when I divorced his mother . |
| 2 | It 'll mean the Ping Tiao wo n't have to accept what either of us tell them to do . |
| 3 | Yet they all seemed to stand in that wind Ruth could n't feel , and she knew she was in the presence of men greater than kings . |
| 4 | Evelyn was gazing at it and at the eager face above the frilly collar , but whether in rapture or disbelief Sam could not tell . |
| 5 | If it had been a brothel or a gaming club Mahmoud would n't have hesitated . |
| 6 | For all his undoubted talent Grayson may not have been a budding Ian Rush but he turned out for one of the country 's most famous clubs , perhaps not the best but certainly one of the best known — Accrington Stanley . |
| 7 | And under the terms of his new deal Platt will not play an off-season in Australia . |
| 8 | Its a pity Inverdale ca n't play footy cos he would die for that red shit , sorry I mean shirt . |
| 9 | No wonder Didi could n't wait to wear it ; it was truly magnificent . |
| 10 | For a second Sharpe could not believe his eyes . |
| 11 | Hue And Cry is the kind of act Reynolds ca n't abide , but the Pat Kane interview is , in a way , the most important chapter . |
| 12 | Streat asked MacArthur for his views on trade with China to which the general replied that an increase in trade between Japan and mainland China would not occur immediately but that he was convinced that this could occur within the next four or five years . |
| 13 | What the pair of county ladies thought of its mid-thigh hemline Harry could not imagine , but he for one was not about to object to the brush of her black-stockinged knees against his drab-trousered legs . |
| 14 | Although at the time of his discovery Priestley could not have foreseen the use of oxygen in aeronautics as Vital Air for the aeronauts to breathe when the atmosphere became too thin , such use was suggested as early as 1784 . |
| 15 | TEENAGERS in South Cleveland may not know enough about safe sex and are reluctant to use contraceptives , including condoms , says a new report . |
| 16 | CHELTENHAM Gold Cup winner Jodami will not run again this season , trainer Peter Beaumont said yesterday . |
| 17 | Though of course Caliban ca n't get anything but his own miserable pleasure . |
| 18 | Of course Tolkien could not accept the basic postulate that elves were angels ; like the story of the fairy and the Bible-reader , that is the product of a strict Christianity with very little space for outsiders . |
| 19 | But the house still needs a lot of work , and at present Ernest can not afford it . ’ |
| 20 | For a moment Lisa could not tear her eyes away . |
| 21 | The fervent confirmation carried all the passionate intensity of the emotion he had always incited , but for a panicky moment Maria could n't remember why she hated him , and , when she did , the alien way in which her newly traitorous mind was functioning forced her to wonder why she needed to hate him . |
| 22 | For a moment Ben could n't understand what was going on , then one of them turned and he saw it was the captain , a man called Rosten . |
| 23 | English cricket does not have this capacity for internal strife in the same way , the periodic Yorkshire blood-lettings being of a different order ; but West Indian cricket has grown strong precisely because it has risen above its problems , and on that basis England can not find the same sort of strength since they do not have the same problems to overcome . |
| 24 | That evening Teesdale could not stop thinking about Linkworth . |
| 25 | The speed at which the station lights flashed by was diminishing fast , like some faltering heliograph whose meaning Harry could not discern . |
| 26 | At the moment Flavia could not bear . |
| 27 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
| 28 | But at this moment Kate could not have cared less if he was a mass murderer . |
| 29 | In his article Neumann can not avoid having to deal with the Menuetto from Beethoven 's Symphony no.1 , which goes at a lively dotted minim = 108 . |
| 30 | He told Wordsworth how he would lie on the leads , or flat roof , of Christ 's Hospital , and gaze into the sky because that was the only face of nature London could not obscure , or how he would close his eyes and ‘ by internal light ’ see before him the trees and meadows of Ottery and the river itself . |