Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern men also stipulate that they must n't be boring , without seeing any contradiction in that thought . |
| 2 | Must n't be late for school . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I must n't be late again . ’ |
| 4 | There 's a nurses ’ meeting at the church this afternoon and I must n't be late , ’ she said quickly . |
| 5 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
| 6 | Must n't be late home , said her teacher , off you pop . |
| 7 | We must n't be late for our appointment . ’ |
| 8 | I must n't be late . |
| 9 | Er , I must n't be guilty of commercials but in the last council meeting of the night , again the subject came up of how we could welcome people coming to mass and this is nothing to do with a request council at all and er we ended up , and I think it 's fair to say what we decided er here , that people would individually they did n't know approach them . |
| 10 | I said that they must n't be sad because he had , after all , crammed so much into his short life , that his parties had given enormous pleasure to so many people , that Conor was the sort of person Jack Kerouac might have loved , he was one of the ones who are mad to live , desirous of everything at the same time , ‘ the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing , but burn , burn , burn , like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars ’ . |
| 11 | There is a violent undercurrent in our society which has got nothing at all to do with football and where football must n't be complacent is to provide the opportunities at its matches to allow that undercurrent of violence to manifest itself . |
| 12 | ‘ You must n't be unhappy , ’ she said with an edge . |
| 13 | ‘ You must n't be shy . |
| 14 | Darling , you must n't be reckless . |
| 15 | If they needed to leave Stalinvast rapidly , the pilot must n't be languid . |
| 16 | She would soon be alone with him , but she must n't be over-zealous . |
| 17 | You must n't be jealous , darling . |
| 18 | You must n't be heavy and frighten him . |
| 19 | But you must n't be naive . |
| 20 | As far as we know nobody has , but we must n't be afraid to talk about what worries us . |
| 21 | She must n't be afraid to fly , herself , dreaming dreams , hoping for magic — ’ He stopped and took her hand . |
| 22 | But if you can raise that profile which I talk about , the of the ethics of of your trade , your profession and become , in effect , a pressure group , a pressure group for the public good , while we may not always agree with you , and indeed we 're going to say that we do n't agree with you and you must n't be afraid of that but we would rather hear from you , you 're the men and women at the sharp end , I hesitate to say ‘ experts ’ because ‘ expert ’ is a , a rather over-used word but we 'd much rather hear from you , at the sharp end , than the part-time politicians who , by the very nature of , of their role , and however well-meaning they may be , they have other priorities . |
| 23 | ‘ You can see if there 's any disease from browning of the plant and you can see how well they 've been dried — they must n't be crusty round the edges . |
| 24 | ‘ She covers it up and tells the little girl it 's full of fairies and pretty make-believe so she must n't be scared , and she tells the boy it 's really there , dead , under the shawl . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You must n't be downcast , ’ said Lydia . |
| 26 | In the first chapter of his autobiography , we have an interesting record of this struggle , which he wrote down in English words but in Greek characters , in order that his thoughts erm should n't be accessible to his family . |
| 27 | The arousal I 've always thought that er that you should n't be nervous but you always are but obviously as you 're nervous when you do a whole host of things and nerves as you become more skilled at it go away er and I 'd assume that like most things that the nerves will totally disappear and was somewhat surprised to find out that you 're always aroused |
| 28 | Improving your sex life should n't be impossible , providing you still care for him . |
| 29 | I see no reason why it should n't be successful . |
| 30 | There 's no obvious reason why it should n't be successful , however , as long as standards can be maintained , costs controlled and enough cash be found to launch a much needed advertising campaign . |