Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although his selected trio — Northwich Victoria 's Liverpool-born defender Jeff Parker , Warrington Town utility man Paul McNally and Northern Ireland Under-21 midfielder Norman Kelly may not be household names , he is convinced they are the right choice . |
| 2 | Miss B may not want this . |
| 3 | Workouts featured by stars like Hollywood tough guy Dolph Lundgren and TVam 's Lizzie Webb may not help fight the flab and could land you in bed for weeks , says BBC TV 's Watchdog . |
| 4 | Tandem may not be the first commercial box-shifter out with a Chorus-based system , though it may yet find itself in a race to be first to deliver in volume . |
| 5 | Pierre Le Rue may not have mega sales or an exceptionally large following behind him , but the combination of the band 's musical ability and his stage presence made for a very enjoyable evening . |
| 6 | But Carl Prean may not be accommodated on one issue , the exclusion of German Bundesliga results , which account for most of his successes . |
| 7 | According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard . |
| 8 | MAGIC ITEMS : Magnus may not carry magic items — until his election as Emperor Magnus the Pious used no magic weapons or other items . |
| 9 | Their squad could just prove to be too big , ie Ferguson may not know who to pick . |
| 10 | Amelia may not have been in the same league as the great adventurers who scale mountain peaks , cross oceans and the icy wastes of the Antarctic and Arctic or shoot the white water rapids of unnavigable rivers , but she was a real traveller , ranked among those who actually get up and go , sacrificing security and facing the cold disdain of their bank managers . |
| 11 | C. P. Snow may not have delineated the cultural divide until 1959 ; but commentators still return to Victorian England for the most potent illustrations of desiccated , materialistic science set against the life of the imagination . |
| 12 | Swindon may not be the centre of the galaxy , but it 's been the satellite centre for women 's tennis this week . |
| 13 | As far as he knows , Beryl may not even exist , except as an excuse for Brian Everthorpe 's delinquencies . |
| 14 | Ben may not have been much of a theatre-goer , but he would no doubt have been fascinated by one unexpected visit in the June of 1801 : |
| 15 | Mountain lifts : Numerous chairlifts open up entrancing panoramas for you ; and a trip on the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn should not be missed ! |
| 16 | ‘ No , Gaston must not be worried . ’ |
| 17 | Whereas THE NETHERLANDS should not pose too much of a problem , ROMANIA , given the chequered history of the relations between the two countries , could upset the Welsh plans . |
| 18 | ‘ I wanted to say , you see , that I know you thought Frannie should n't have gone , and that it 's ruined your holiday plans , and , on behalf of us all , I 'm sorry . |
| 19 | Soviet troop withdrawals from Czechoslovak territory were completed in June 1991 , but the bilateral treaty with the Soviet Union was delayed by the Soviet Union 's initial insistence that Czechoslovakia should not conclude any treaties with a third party without consultation . |
| 20 | ‘ The mistakes of Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia must not be repeated , ’ he said , referring to Soviet invasions of the two states . |
| 21 | ‘ You and Uncle Jim must n't worry . |
| 22 | First , he thought it an unspoken part of the 1931 bargain that MacDonald should not be discarded as soon as the immediate crisis was over . |
| 23 | Mr Taylor should not let Mr Johnson get too close . |
| 24 | Conversely Mortimer should not have invoked the earls to revolt against the king . |
| 25 | Oh , Milord must n't lose one precious minute of his time or attention when he has better things to do . |
| 26 | They must be going absolutely mad about East Germany must n't they ? |
| 27 | Steadily , then , over the two years or so following Herr Bremann 's death , his lordship , together with Sir David Cardinal , who became his closest ally during that time , succeeded in gathering together a broad alliance of figures who shared the conviction that the situation in Germany should not be allowed to persist . |
| 28 | During a working visit to the Soviet Union on April 28-29 , de Maizière announced after talks with Soviet President Gorbachev that the latter continued to insist that " East Germany should not become a member of NATO , whereas our position is that this is possible if NATO develops a new strategy and structures " . |
| 29 | It has been suggested that Penda 's political power was in eclipse at the time and that Eowa was the dominant ruler among the Mercians as a subject king of the northern Angles from the mid-630s until his death , possibly in Oswald 's army , in the battle at Maserfelth , but there is no reason why Penda and Eowa should not have been ruling jointly , with Eowa as king possibly of the northern Mercians and Penda as king of the southern . |
| 30 | Charlie 's first , confused thought was that Floss had spoken : the voice was familiar — but then a voice from Floss should not be familiar , it should be strangely new to him — … ( h.4 ) |