Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exceptionally he may not do so . |
| 2 | Brut a lot of the time , they do n't want to report that their child is riding without lights , but they accept that if you have a quiet word , he may not do it . |
| 3 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 4 | Lewis knew very well he should not do this , that he was sucking up to someone for the sake of inheriting his property . |
| 5 | It was even acceptable to chant or recite a verse or two in public if the young mirza had ‘ beauty and a good voice ’ ; but he should not do so too often or at length for fear — heaven forbid — that he be mistaken for a professional poet or singer . |
| 6 | It shall be the duty of every professor to act as an examiner or assessor as and when requested to do so by a nominating committee or other competent body unless he can show reasonable cause to the satisfaction of the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors why on a particular occasion he should not do so . |
| 7 | It shall be the duty of every professor to act as the supervisor of graduate students as and when requested to do so by a faculty board or other competent body , unless he can show reasonable cause , to the satisfaction of that board or other body , why on a particular occasion he should not do so . |
| 8 | I 've told him , he should n't do it . ’ |
| 9 | His friend vows steadfastness in friendship , but repeats his warning : his illness came from too much study , and he should n't do it again . |
| 10 | Tom told him he should n't do it , should tell them he was n't going to co-operate any more . |
| 11 | But there was a one day in which Frenchie Nick Nicholson erm brought all the tail-enders across and had been told the one thing he should n't do was be last he was thinking I 'm not last and behind you then he came in in front of him and he was last . |
| 12 | no he should n't do it |
| 13 | Claudia choked back a cry of dismay — he must n't do that . |
| 14 | He might not do much talking back himself . |
| 15 | He could n't do it . |
| 16 | He could n't do it . |
| 17 | In the Dewhurst last year he could n't do it when he was let down — he needs good ground . ’ |
| 18 | Jack said was he really sorry , but he could n't do it . |
| 19 | By the time he arrived for Troon for the 1973 British Open , he 'd calmed down altogether ; he could n't do enough for me . |
| 20 | He could n't do it to Donald . |
| 21 | Yes , to give him the chance to find the right one , the one that would stir him in such a way that he felt he could n't do without her . |
| 22 | When she told him she had no intention of coming back and working for him , that her mind was made up and she would be staying with the Miss Cardings until she found other employment , he had became almost pathetic in his pleading : he could n't do without her . |
| 23 | If Alex James just ran up and down the pitch a couple of times and said , ‘ Right , that 's my lot for today ’ , Whittaker knew the reason he could n't do any more was because his legs were covered in bruises , as they frequently were . |
| 24 | Other carers are deterred by the Down 's syndrome person 's physical inability to make the mark , rather than by the lack of understanding : ‘ He knows what he likes but he could n't do the cross . |
| 25 | He was told he could n't do it by his forceful parents . ’ |
| 26 | Hunt says in his autobiography that he thinks Audetto did n't withdraw his protest because he could n't do so without consulting the old primadonna of Maranello . |
| 27 | I could do his job any time but he could n't do mine . |
| 28 | People kept saying to him , ‘ Stop picking your nose , ’ and he could n't do anything about it . |
| 29 | ‘ He knew he could n't do it in Barcelona , so perhaps that 's why he took drugs . |
| 30 | He could n't do enough to help . |