Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [not/n't] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 2 | The fact that ECGD may have instructed them should not be taken as an endorsement of their expertise , official or otherwise . |
| 3 | G. R.Shepherd , the Labour National Agent , wrote to local Labour Parties in March 1939 , warning them against close liaison with the Club : Since groups of the Left Book Club are not entitled to affiliation with constituency parties , joint political activities with them should not be entered into , especially when these are in the direction of a so-called " Popular Front " with any other political party . |
| 4 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 5 | I have begun to sense that , despite the touching and the ‘ precious boy ’ , I may not be headed for the Dark where the soft , fat spiders watch and wait . |
| 6 | Right , now I must n't be seen to be indicating in any way that er you do n't have to bother with it all , because they too put all out some excellent er booklets , brochures I 've got two thick pads of them which I 'll let you circulate . |
| 7 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 8 | He added that I must not be intimidated by his and Rozanov 's fluency ; I was really quite good . |
| 9 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 10 | ‘ I move quickly so that I should n't be trampled to death . |
| 11 | It was all of three inches long , and as she looked at it , she said , ‘ I should n't be landed with this . |
| 12 | Dr Maxwell had assured me that I should n't be troubled by any more sickness . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm here to get that treasure , ’ shouted Silver , ‘ and I 'll not be beaten by man or ghost ! |
| 14 | Just one day when I 'll not be dictated to by this thing inside me . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll not be treated as a damned security risk , ’ the Prime Minister had said to the Deputy Under Secretary . |
| 16 | But waving that ; I 'll not be affraid of old worn-out Rivals … |
| 17 | I left Werewolf with a withering look and headed for the edge of the road , cutting back deeper into the trees so I could n't be seen from the farmhouse when I reached the fenced-off field . |
| 18 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 19 | No it 's true , it 's true I , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 20 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 21 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 22 | The point is that if I could not be distinguished from others in some way , then the utterance ‘ It 's me ’ would be useless . |
| 23 | After all , I could not be punished for the death of Victor Frankenstein if he was not dead . |
| 24 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 25 | And with this interjection Aggie now beat her closed fist against the end of the settle as she added angrily , ‘ If she had acted like the friend that she was supposed to be to the mother I would n't be faced with this lot tonight . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't be seen at that beast 's house . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to think that I can offer useful opinions on other positions , and that I would n't be confined to just the back row , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I would n't be bothered about that . |
| 29 | I would not be mistaken over this , ’ replied Merymose shortly . |
| 30 | I would not be threatened by McIllvanney . |