Example sentences of "i [modal v] not [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 2 | Although I installed Legato , it was some time ago , so I may not remember the name of the directory where it was installed ; but Windows can provide this information . |
| 3 | " After all I 've learned from Mother Benedicta about forgiveness I know I ought not to wish the marchioness ill , but she does deserve to be punished , does n't she ? |
| 4 | ‘ That reminds me , I must n't forget the black pudding for tonight , ’ Bedelia said as yet another shiny black behind came up on the screen . |
| 5 | I must n't go the wrong way , Alice thought to herself as she made her way to the platform . |
| 6 | Oh sorry , I must n't mention the name . . |
| 7 | In making this case , I must n't present the book as didactic . |
| 8 | Yeah , I must n't put the lad down |
| 9 | I must n't destroy the evidence . |
| 10 | I must not make the same mistake this time . |
| 11 | It was an enormous subject upon which we had embarked , and I felt that , as a minor guest of the monastery , I must not monopolize the time of the guest whom everyone wanted to meet . |
| 12 | I must not give the impression of being without sin . |
| 13 | My son , Ben , says I must not forget the illustrations by Quentin Blake — writer and illustrator are here a perfect match . |
| 14 | And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one . |
| 15 | I must not forget the back-up staff and the community staff who visited me so promptly after my return home . |
| 16 | I must not remember the story I set out to tell . |
| 17 | I should not like the responsibility of destroying such a rare plant . ’ |
| 18 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |
| 19 | I should not wish the young King to know about it or see , for he would not find it to his liking ; but I fear , so white is the stone , that he can not fail to see it from Mathefelon . |
| 20 | He said that I should n't wear the lenses until the infection was cleared . |
| 21 | Mom said I should n't miss the dawn at sea , she said it 's kind of beautiful . ’ |
| 22 | I should n't miss the pigeons all that much , I do n't mind the blackbird and the thrush and the robin but and a few starlings but I do n't like many pigeons about the garden . |
| 23 | Oh at Handsworth , I 'm meant to go there this evening to speak to the domestic bursar the residents ' officer and someone else , God knows , from the university to put my case forward for why I had to leave Handsworth and that , why I should n't pay the money . |
| 24 | However , she did it well , and I should n't think the butcher ever quite forgot the lady with the red hair . |
| 25 | No I should n't think the Chinese have got much time for that sort of approach to life . |
| 26 | No I should n't think The girls bought you a bottle each look |
| 27 | I know the gentleman here thinks I should n't blame the E C for everything , but erm |
| 28 | ‘ I should n't use the word at my age but , hell , that 's what it was . ’ |
| 29 | I should n't get the blame for something I did n't do . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It was a wasted trip , ’ he said , ‘ but there 's no reason why I should n't get the points score at Sheffield . ’ |