Example sentences of "who [vb mod] not [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 If Reynolds finds the atmosphere of these gigs so offensive , he should simply stay away from them , rather than inflict his Points Of View mentality on the thousands of people who may not pass his muster , but have just as much right to see live music as anyone .
2 If Reynolds finds the atmosphere of these gigs so offensive , he should simply stay away from them , rather than inflict his Points Of View mentality on the thousands of people who may not pass his muster , but have just as much right to see live music as anyone .
3 Racists are bigots who should not share our planet and there is no place for them in our party and no place for them in Britain
4 Women sailors who might not have their sights set on such lofty goals — or , for that matter , those who have — will be interested in a seminar about women 's sailing to be held in February .
5 Alan Ross was another who could not recover his earlier infatuation with the area , even though he still occasionally visited it in the company of Minton or Vaughan .
6 I do n't know , ’ replied Tess , who could not swallow her food .
7 In spite of all , she ultimately disappointed her owners who could not amortise her high capital costs .
8 Those who could not contain their resentment had little option other than to emigrate .
9 ‘ I just ca n't live with you any longer , ’ said Michelle , who could not handle his swings of temperament and , coupled with her own desire to find a career in films , she had resolutely determined not to return to Dennis .
10 Since 1989 nearly a million summonses have been issued to people who could not pay their water bills .
11 Later authors , Hemming on the bishopric of Worcester , Hugh Candidus on Peterborough , and William of Malmesbury on Glastonbury and Malmesbury , record that those who could not pay their taxes under Cnut were likely to suffer temporary or permanent losses of estates .
12 She had experienced mounting terror at the thought of a new role in which she would certainly prove a failure — a woman who could not do her work , could not save her father , could not love her mother , could not satisfy her man , was most unlikely to make any sort of mother .
13 Julia said drily that she thought that free Capitalism with an adequate system of social welfare for all those who could not make their own success in it was probably the fairest workable system , and then laughed as she saw David 's expression .
14 If he does , he will be at odds for the first time with the hordes of admiring supporters who could not conceal their disappointment when news of Ronnie Whelan 's late equaliser at Highbury was announced just before the kick-off .
15 But the misery of those who could not obtain their release , either honestly or dishonestly , by appearing before an Insolvent Debtors Court and agreeing to assign their property , still drew sympathy .
16 She was helped in her search by her sister Nephthys , the wife of Seth , who could not condone his action .
17 They chattered and laughed , being rude about Western passersby who could not understand their language .
18 At the Trades Union Congress in 1916 Wilson moved a motion , which was carried unanimously , that the government should repatriate all Chinese who could not prove their British nationality and that no Chinese should be signed on British ships west of the Suez Canal .
19 Susan did not answer at once ; in fact , she was silent for such a long time that Breeze , who could not see her face , wondered if she had fallen asleep .
20 Hyacinth , who could not catch her breath for excitement , found herself in the arms of the Prime Minister .
21 Too late to recall him now , he was one ghost who could not obey her summons .
22 She did n't like being made to feel like an underage teenager who could n't control her emotions .
23 Gown despised me for selling my soul to a shrill shallow shrew , town for being an old fart who could n't satisfy his frisky young mate .
24 And it was in me thoughts that I bred a bunch of punch-drunk pansies who could n't use their heads or , for that matter , any other part of their make-up , 'cept their fists .
25 I have never found the sight of a grown man in a false moustache pretending to walk into lamp-posts remotely funny , and even less amusing is the story of a miserly workaholic who could n't keep his hands off under-age girls .
26 As she muttered to herself about interfering Australians who could n't mind their own business she did n't hear Leo come back , or see him loom over the fence .
27 He hated untidiness and waste ; he thought that babies who threw things from their cradles should be punished , and children who would n't eat their food should be starved until they ate what they had been given in the first place . ’
28 And he just would n't let anybody near him who would n't kiss his ass . ’
29 She looked at the woman , this woman who was her mother , this woman who lived behind a façade , who would n't let her husband into her bed and had caused him to take a mistress .
30 Be interesting , of course , if fire cover were withdrawn , because then they would have to rustle up the R.A.F. crews from Brize Norton who would n't know their big toes from their elbows when it came to plutonium and highly enriched uranium and chemical explosive .
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