Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss B may not want this . |
| 2 | Workouts featured by stars like Hollywood tough guy Dolph Lundgren and TVam 's Lizzie Webb may not help fight the flab and could land you in bed for weeks , says BBC TV 's Watchdog . |
| 3 | Pierre Le Rue may not have mega sales or an exceptionally large following behind him , but the combination of the band 's musical ability and his stage presence made for a very enjoyable evening . |
| 4 | According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard . |
| 5 | MAGIC ITEMS : Magnus may not carry magic items — until his election as Emperor Magnus the Pious used no magic weapons or other items . |
| 6 | Their squad could just prove to be too big , ie Ferguson may not know who to pick . |
| 7 | Amelia may not have been in the same league as the great adventurers who scale mountain peaks , cross oceans and the icy wastes of the Antarctic and Arctic or shoot the white water rapids of unnavigable rivers , but she was a real traveller , ranked among those who actually get up and go , sacrificing security and facing the cold disdain of their bank managers . |
| 8 | C. P. Snow may not have delineated the cultural divide until 1959 ; but commentators still return to Victorian England for the most potent illustrations of desiccated , materialistic science set against the life of the imagination . |
| 9 | Ben may not have been much of a theatre-goer , but he would no doubt have been fascinated by one unexpected visit in the June of 1801 : |
| 10 | Whereas THE NETHERLANDS should not pose too much of a problem , ROMANIA , given the chequered history of the relations between the two countries , could upset the Welsh plans . |
| 11 | ‘ I wanted to say , you see , that I know you thought Frannie should n't have gone , and that it 's ruined your holiday plans , and , on behalf of us all , I 'm sorry . |
| 12 | Soviet troop withdrawals from Czechoslovak territory were completed in June 1991 , but the bilateral treaty with the Soviet Union was delayed by the Soviet Union 's initial insistence that Czechoslovakia should not conclude any treaties with a third party without consultation . |
| 13 | ‘ You and Uncle Jim must n't worry . |
| 14 | Mr Taylor should not let Mr Johnson get too close . |
| 15 | Conversely Mortimer should not have invoked the earls to revolt against the king . |
| 16 | Oh , Milord must n't lose one precious minute of his time or attention when he has better things to do . |
| 17 | During a working visit to the Soviet Union on April 28-29 , de Maizière announced after talks with Soviet President Gorbachev that the latter continued to insist that " East Germany should not become a member of NATO , whereas our position is that this is possible if NATO develops a new strategy and structures " . |
| 18 | It has been suggested that Penda 's political power was in eclipse at the time and that Eowa was the dominant ruler among the Mercians as a subject king of the northern Angles from the mid-630s until his death , possibly in Oswald 's army , in the battle at Maserfelth , but there is no reason why Penda and Eowa should not have been ruling jointly , with Eowa as king possibly of the northern Mercians and Penda as king of the southern . |
| 19 | Says another curator , ‘ Rusty may not have the vision to say , ‘ We need a Guido Reni at the National Gallery ’ he 's not the sort of person who could walk through the baroque galleries and realise they even need one , though if a curator went to him wanting to buy one , I think Rusty would certainly be supportive of the move , whereas Carter would basically have turned up his nose and said ‘ no ’ ’ . |
| 20 | Clearly Whiteson is suspicious that Duran may not have shed 30lb to get down to the middleweight limit for Leonard by wholly natural methods . |
| 21 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 22 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
| 23 | Freud may not have foreseen that it would be a difficult task for parents to consciously recognize infantile sexuality without being seduced into the role of a participant . |
| 24 | Mr Gorbachev may not have the authority to send Soviet troops to non-Russian parts of his own country at this point , so it 's very unlikely that he could or would try to send ground forces to the Persian Gulf . |
| 25 | Among the western Saxons Ine may not have acquired royal power until the following year ; he abdicated in 726 and the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List gives him a reign of thirty-seven years which implies an accession in 689 , not 688 . |
| 26 | Mr Murdoch may not have the time or the money to wait . |
| 27 | Do not be fooled by the cheeky chappy grin and baggy jumper — Richard Branson may not play by the rules but he plays to win . |
| 28 | Stuart McCall may not have been a second Peter Reid , Kevin Richardson was hardly another Paul Bracewell and Neil McDonald was very much a poor man 's Colin Harvey , but all three were far more constructive than the people who have replaced them . |
| 29 | On each occasion , every available manservant had been posted to keep watch for soldiers , and she knew that if ever there was a night Tristram should not come visiting , this was it . |
| 30 | It was recommended that the United States should not urge a definitive peace settlement with Japan at this time owing to the Soviet Union 's policy of militant communist expansion . |