Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 'd better not be using any metal in what you 're making , ’ said Mr Walpit .
2 ‘ You 'd better not be using any wood in what you 're making , , said Mr Welt .
3 The bastard had better not be laughing ! ]
4 Sometimes I stick to ‘ driver — ’ well , I have a cab ( though you 'd better not be talking to a real musher ) and a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence .
5 ‘ You 'd better not be lying . ’
6 You better not be driving .
7 Sandy said , ‘ We 'd better not be heading for your place , even if you 've been doing it up .
8 No , I 'd better not be told , because I should only begin counting up all the things I 'd missed , and you 're better off not knowing what you 've missed . ’
9 Of course this notice would naturally not be signed by both parties as required by s. 2 , which had come into effect a few weeks before .
10 In the partnership agreement itself it should perhaps not be made too easy for partners to leave , though in practice , of course , an unhappy or unsatisfied partner is a liability whom the firm will usually want to see depart at the earliest convenient time .
11 THE subject of statutory interpretation is not usually taught in Law Schools , and you may perhaps not be examined upon it .
12 The influence of such deposits on Eurocurrency growth should perhaps not be over-stated .
13 On the one hand , the protection of fundamental rights is an established source of law for the ECJ , so that this decision should perhaps not be taken to exclude the interpretation that the Directive places the decision on opting out in the hands of the workers themselves .
14 The defence of consent can obviously not be pleaded as it can be and generally is for rape .
15 POST-PARTUM ABSTINENCE — Normal sexual relations will obviously not be resumed immediately after termination of a pregnancy , which is naturally followed by a period of abstinence .
16 For example , an ex gratia payment made to a man moving to further full-time employment in his middle years will obviously not be made ‘ on or in anticipation of retirement ’ .
17 The PCA legal adviser , Bob Rice , said : ‘ Reichmarks are totally worthless so it will obviously not be considered as a valid bid . ’
18 Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students .
19 My faith and sights are on the lasting reality , the Zimbabwe of the future which will not be made by either the faithless or the fearful ( and sometimes I have seen both ) ; it will obviously not be won by those who run away .
20 The Court of Appeal allowed her to see them , deciding that although the reports might contain information given in confidence , yet the public interest in parties to litigation being able fully to prove their case and so not be denied justice outweighed the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of pupil files .
21 Four agents were detected in less than three patients each , however , and could threfore not be tested at 5% significance level .
22 ‘ No — please — I 'd rather not be moved .
23 It contained questions that most citizens , unaware that numbers did behave , would rather not be asked .
24 ‘ Perhaps you 'd rather not be tied down here .
25 Yeah , erm it certainly would n't do any harm , erm I 'd rather not be rung at work if that 's alright
26 what all that crap erm no thank you I 'd rather not be degraded like that .
27 I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery .
28 R should nevertheless not be forgotten that for most of its existence the World was despised by black political leaders .
29 Changes in water quality brought about by changing land use may thus not be seen for decades .
30 The property will thus not be excluded property and may be subject to the ten year charge and , on the face of it , the interim charge ( IHTA 1984 , ss64 and 65 ) .
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