Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not wear a mob cap , but I rake our coal-fired Rayburn daily and ‘ clouds of ash ’ is an understatement of the result . |
| 2 | I may not have a lot to give but what I 've got I 'll give to you |
| 3 | ‘ If I may not die a king I shall die like a gentleman ’ , he reflected . |
| 4 | He exclaimed , " Woe is me , if I only had my two darling nephews I should not lack a champion . " |
| 5 | I might not get a chance this week to read of the collapse of reason , of the loneliness of standing for something . |
| 6 | Sandy was already in the side , and I got talking to him again , Calero was struggling , and I said I might not have a bag for the Ryder Cup . |
| 7 | But if it 's a lie , then you 'll end your days as an old maid , Ann , for I 'll not marry a liar , and no other man will have you either , not while I 've aught to say about it . " |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll not start a fight if that 's what 's troubling thee . |
| 9 | Do n't worry yerself , I 'll not mention a word of it to anyone . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll not have a babby in the place , I told them . |
| 11 | I 'll drive you to Glasgow the minute the snow lets up but I 'll not hear a word about it . ’ |
| 12 | At times like that I could not care a toss for JTR and wondered why the hell I was in such a situation . |
| 13 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |
| 14 | I have read of a good bishop that was to be burnt for his religion ; and he tried how he could bear it , by putting his fingers into the lighted candle : so I t' other day tried , when Rachel 's back was turned , if I could not scour a pewter plate she had begun . |
| 15 | They are the reason I could not contemplate a life lacking a daily sight of hills . |
| 16 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 17 | ‘ My headache just grew and grew and suddenly the light faded and I could not see a thing . |
| 18 | I could not find a piece big enough , so I bought two smaller pieces and took them back to the dacha . |
| 19 | I could not find a reason for leaving him , so I accompanied him in silence . |
| 20 | If the driver had seen that I was hurt , he would have stopped , and I was not up to explaining why I could not accept a lift . |
| 21 | The following morning saw me back at the surgery in order to collect not only my screwdriver but also the death certificate , duly signed by two doctors ( yes , they had managed to find the mortuary ) , without which I could not obtain a Registration of Death certificate , without which Nigel could not be cremated . |
| 22 | I could not pursue a conversation that would put me in the degrading position of having to ask Otto to fill in further gaps in my knowledge and understanding of my own lover . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ I could not sell a Eubank-Barkley fight in the States after that performance . |
| 24 | An aquarium only became necessary when I could not put a name to even some of the commoner intertidal fish , in the short time that the tide was out . |
| 25 | Perhaps I could rule Scotland without a man , but I could not have a child without one . |
| 26 | The next day I could not resist a peep under the covers , and saw a brief movement among the mops . |
| 27 | I could not resist a walk around the Harbour at Castlebay in an attempt to resurrect memories of my visit in 1973 as a Business Development Officer . |
| 28 | The problem was that I could not get a response from anybody in the Department . |
| 29 | ‘ I could not get a flight to Croydon . |
| 30 | ‘ I could not get a pardon for Simon , you know that , Brother , but I showed him one last mercy . ’ |