Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [not/n't] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may not arise because I may not be staying . ’ |
| 2 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 3 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 4 | I have begun to sense that , despite the touching and the ‘ precious boy ’ , I may not be headed for the Dark where the soft , fat spiders watch and wait . |
| 5 | ‘ I may not be screwing Lucy , ’ said Jay coldly . |
| 6 | ‘ I may not be allowed to stay here , ’ the woman said . |
| 7 | I 'd seen two wonderful prints earlier : an American artist called Carol Grigg , not expensive , but I must n't be tempted . |
| 8 | Right , now I must n't be seen to be indicating in any way that er you do n't have to bother with it all , because they too put all out some excellent er booklets , brochures I 've got two thick pads of them which I 'll let you circulate . |
| 9 | Well you better erm no no no I must n't be seen to encourage that sort of thing . |
| 10 | I must n't be caught doing it |
| 11 | I must not be misunderstood . |
| 12 | Yet I must not be understood to rely on any so-called growth dividend . |
| 13 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 14 | He added that I must not be intimidated by his and Rozanov 's fluency ; I was really quite good . |
| 15 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 16 | Edward , tired of the rules , encouraged by something in her voice , replied : ‘ If I were a gentleman , I should not be telephoning . |
| 17 | I should not be pressuring her in this way . |
| 18 | I should not be thrown around like luggage ! ’ |
| 19 | I should not be doing this . |
| 20 | According to court papers passed to the New York Post , Mr Boesky argued : ‘ I should not be forced … to incur further debt while [ Seema ] redecorates the marital estate and her penthouse apartment … and has personal expenses of almost $42,000 a month . ’ |
| 21 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 22 | He made me give him Celia 's address , and he wrote to her and said I should not be working and living alone at my age . |
| 23 | ‘ I should n't be touching you either , but , dear God , I think I must . ’ |
| 24 | I should n't be looking for confirmation , outside myself , I mean . ’ |
| 25 | So on one of these , I should n't be looking at that one , that 's what threw me cos first of all I did n't know you had n't got any income and then I turned that over and that was the previous policy where you were a veterinary surgeon with eighteen thousand , I thought I 'm sure that 's not right |
| 26 | then it 's a national account , but in terms of the guy not seeing anybody we went to him to sort out what was going on and she must have come away there from with all the sites and said I should n't be dealing with this , it 's a national account , it 's the national account and that 's when I said you must pass it over to then |
| 27 | ‘ Actually , I should n't be telling you yet , but as your wife came to the station saying how worried you were I thought I 'd call in and tell you . |
| 28 | And then there I was yelling at them , and it was n't anything they did , it 's not their fault what I did , and I feel so guilty towards them , I should n't be shouting at them . ’ |
| 29 | I should n't be taking |
| 30 | But to be honest I should n't be eating that sort of thing anyway , so |