Example sentences of "i [modal v] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr , I I I have many matter to consider in my report , so I let's not widen it even further into this rather wider philosophical matter . |
| 2 | ‘ I accept your favour , my lady , although I may not wear it on my sleeve as a true knight should . |
| 3 | ‘ And if I may not have you permanently , then a little temporary use would satisfy me , I think . ’ |
| 4 | Well I may not , I may not find it as good , do n't , they always show you clips as trailers of the best bit 's . |
| 5 | And I may not suit your parents . ’ |
| 6 | They stopped just beyond the steps of the food office and , all the irritation seeming to flow from him , he looked at her meekly now as he said , ‘ I may not see you again for weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ Connie , I may not see you again . |
| 8 | I may not like it . |
| 9 | Now if I am a good reporter , in a sense I 'm going to let the original question flow past me as a starter , I may use it , I may not use it . |
| 10 | And I may not need your services now , so you could be on a train back to Frankfurt tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | My new aunt , your blessing or your curse , I care not which , but quickly give me one or the other that I may not lose my dinner . |
| 12 | What is called the ‘ moral sense ’ is on this account being able to recognize that if , even against my present will , I let myself become aware of how someone in trouble feels , I would be moved to help , and that I ought not to close myself to this awareness . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I ought not to hold you , to talk to you like this ? |
| 14 | Erm reference has been made er a couple of times to the appendix which I attached to my submission , that 's the map and the schedule of strategic constraints , I feel I ought not to let it pass without some comment . |
| 15 | She came in to me as I knelt there and raised me up , and said we must never quarrel and that she would never , ever , give me cause to doubt her , and I must not suppose she could . |
| 16 | I must not betray myself . |
| 17 | I must not forget my lovely flowers . ’ |
| 18 | I must not do anything , she thought , anything which draws attention to my taking her mother 's place . |
| 19 | ‘ It is always a pleasure to talk to you , but I must not detain you . |
| 20 | ‘ I must not detain you any longer , Madame . ’ |
| 21 | PAMELA : Since I must not say what I think on one hand nor on the other , let me depart your presence . |
| 22 | I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination . |
| 23 | Perhaps I should not leave our subject without a special mention of modern first editions , which have a special appeal to many collectors . |
| 24 | On the facts of this case it is not necessary for me to decide whether that view is right or wrong , and I should not decide it ; the point should be left open for full argument in a case where it is necessary to the decision . |
| 25 | ‘ But I should not want you to go back there at all , not until we are ready to disembark . |
| 26 | Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’ |
| 27 | I said that did I share his belief I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 28 | I said that , did I share his belief , I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 29 | I should not expect them back before late in the afternoon . |
| 30 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |