Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't continue to be so churlish in the face of Betty 's open-hearted goodwill . |
| 2 | He dumped her unceremoniously — as though he could n't wait to be rid of his burden , she thought . |
| 3 | He knew that , ultimately , he had to toe the official line because , like any other player , he could n't afford to be put on the dole . ’ |
| 4 | He could n't afford to be spending his time here . |
| 5 | He genuinely had little concern with making money for its own sake , but he could not fail to be infected by Marjorie 's martyred attitude to their shortage of cash , and he resented being reminded of it by Kegan 's sleekness . |
| 6 | Edward declared he could not continue to be king without the women he loved . |
| 7 | He could not want to be kind , could not love the tarnished and ruined thing Sally-Anne Tunstall was , but she looked at him all the same . |
| 8 | He could not bear to be away from Maura today . |
| 9 | Bowler felt that Minton was happiest when painting and would have been content with a quiet life had he not been driven by a need for others and by the fact that he could not bear to be on his own . |
| 10 | FitzAlan was holding her as if he would make her part of himself , as if he could not bear to be separate from her . |
| 11 | The truth was that he could not bear to be so close to Chris and yet feel so distant . |
| 12 | He discharged himself from hospital against medical advice , saying he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle , the man police are waiting to interview about a 47hour armed siege in Darlington . |
| 13 | Mr Ward , 20 , of Westminster Road , Darlington , left hospital in Middlesbrough a month ago against medical advice because he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle . |
| 14 | Mr Ward , of Westminster Road , Darlington , left Middlesbrough General Hosptal , against medical advice because he could not bear to be in the same building as gunman Keith Pringle . |
| 15 | From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands . |
| 16 | He might endure to be forsworn and dishonoured , but he would not endure to be defeated . |
| 17 | He made the point that had the position been reversed he would not expect to be pestered after giving a straight answer . |
| 18 | His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich . ’ |
| 19 | His RCM contact tactfully pointed out that , unless he started to buy his own clothes out of his savings , he would not learn to be self-reliant . |
| 20 | He happily helps the farmer but also has some sympathy with the cuddly pet view , if only to the extent that he would n't want to be responsible for wiping rabbits out — as if he could ! |
| 21 | ‘ Have n't you ever thought , ’ asked Biddy , not looking at me , ‘ that he would n't want to meet important people , he would n't want to be taken away from this job that he does well , and the village where he 's loved ? ’ |
| 22 | He would n't want to be disturbed and all he had to do to get out was draw the bloody bolt . ’ |
| 23 | But he would n't want to be expected to do anything while he spoke . |
| 24 | David Reynolds had arranged to meet Diane Rohmer in the Science block , because unlike the Union building it had open access and he would n't have to be signed in . |
| 25 | A year ago , there was a strong chance that he would n't live to be three . |
| 26 | ‘ A man in my position , he ca n't afford to be anything else , he 's got to consider his image . ’ |
| 27 | Though he wo n't stand to be crossed , so do n't be too cheeky and mind what he says ! |
| 28 | The idea being that if he spends the next couple of weeks explaining to all the other people there why he ca n't keep his hands off women he wo n't want to be unfaithful any more and his wife will forgive him . |
| 29 | Unless a player is totally without imagination , then he can not fail to be aware of what has gone before as he makes his pilgrimage round Augusta . |
| 30 | If a surveyor does his work badly it goes without saying that he can not expect to be paid for it , but usually the client will also wish to claim damages as financial compensation . |