Example sentences of "[modal v] not take [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they do , then there is no reason why this breed should not take its place among the other pedigree types . |
| 2 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 3 | Some recent interpretations of Greek history , and of the Greek historians ' versions of it , have suggested that there was , in fact , a gap between such ideals and the actual practice and that we should not take their own statements too literally . |
| 4 | The living room is the room where they must n't take their toys . |
| 5 | But you still must n't take your eyes off , because that 's where you lose your power . |
| 6 | A vertical restraint may take one of two forms : one is unilateral imposition of substantive conditions for supply , for example a manufacturer saying ‘ you may not take my product X unless you also take my product Y ’ . |
| 7 | And you might say well I 'll not take their advice I 'll invest it directly with Global and you 'll find that cos Global 'll keep it for themselves . |
| 8 | But he could not take its mythology too seriously . |
| 9 | Ruth could not take her eyes off him . |
| 10 | He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 11 | The maid who opened the door to them could not take her eyes off the great fat woman in the biscuit straw hat with big cloth roses on its brim , and the cape that just covered her shoulders and showed an expanse of blue cotton bosom , the like she had never seen before . |
| 12 | But she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 13 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 14 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 15 | But precisely because Edward I could not take their consent for granted and in his later years preferred to tap the clergy 's wealth instead by mandatory papal levies , the survival and role of an independent clerical body for the gathering of taxation remained uncertain at his death . |
| 16 | My insomnia became chronic whenever Dana stayed the night , simply because I could not take my eyes away from his sleeping form beneath the bedside lamps . |
| 17 | There was something strange about these and they seemed to scare me though I could not take my eyes away . |
| 18 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 19 | Willie could not take his eyes off him . |
| 20 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |
| 21 | Alec could not take his eyes off her . |
| 22 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 23 | Jim Lester , a portly Tory MP , who was partly hidden by a pilaff , could not take his eyes off her . |
| 24 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 25 | When the AA van arrived they informed him they could not take his car home unless he or his girlfriend were in the recovery van . |
| 26 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 27 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
| 28 | He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly . |
| 29 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |
| 30 | But doctors say a smaller chair could n't take her body weight . |