Example sentences of "not [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wish also to persuade him that once he takes fully into account that his ultimate goals are spontaneous ( are , not ought to be ; what they ought to be is intelligent as well as spontaneous ) , he will require no first principle other than ‘ Be aware ’ for choosing between them . |
| 2 | I was to perform two of Joyce 's pieces , the first being ‘ Committee ’ , a deadly accurate re-creation of a Northern Ladies Choral Committee meeting convened to axe one of its founder members : ‘ Now , we do n't want any unpleasantness , friendly is what we are and friendly is how we mean to go on … but I think we all know there is one voice in the altos that did not ought to be there . |
| 3 | Not just sales , so it should n't just be the appointments in your diary , and a lot of you will not used to be keeping a diary as well . |
| 4 | Because of your health , pet , they 're putting us on the priority list , say we did n't ought to be below-ground , nor too high . |
| 5 | Oh she said I 'll be going up tomorrow but I , I , I ca n't ask her , I did n't ought to but I ca n't ca n't ask her nothing , in n it funny . |
| 6 | So , but I , I think he thought Ken meant that he was like superior and he did n't ought to be doing that sort of job . |
| 7 | You did n't used to . ’ |
| 8 | well I did n't used to , I used to have one A at the beginning but of course , it was impractical because the there were n't enough booklets to go round . |
| 9 | It did n't used to be . |
| 10 | I did n't used to be one to leave dreams be . |
| 11 | I used to have a load of homework to take home with me because I had to catch up but I did n't used to mind that . |
| 12 | And er I told them that er I was n't p p p prepared er because they was there during the day as well , it did n't used to across to catch the school bus , and be half a dozen or so come back next door , and stop there till about twenty past three then go back , come back over as if he 's got out the bus . |
| 13 | ‘ They did n't used to be like this . |
| 14 | I did n't used to like going to college once a week . |
| 15 | Did n't used to really , ooh it must of been murder for him when you think ! |
| 16 | It did n't used to but when I , I , I , I feel like going up to these girls and saying for god 's sake take that thing out of your mouth . |
| 17 | Did n't used to be there though did it ? |
| 18 | And er er it did n't used to be erm white barge-boarding , er nor white erm fencing . |