Example sentences of "[modal v] not put [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must not put his life in danger by staying here . ’ |
| 2 | Of course a certain amount of caution is necessary , for how else is the child to learn that he should not put his hand in the fire or stick his finger into an electric socket ? |
| 3 | Alyssia asked , puzzled , although she could not put her finger on why . |
| 4 | Examples would be : where the act is not seen , as when the victim is asleep ; where the victim believes that the gun was unloaded ( Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 ) ; where the victim knows by the accused 's words that the threat will not take place ( Tuberville v Savage ( 1669 ) 86 ER 684 ; or where the accused could not put his threat into effect : the usual illustrations are shaking a fist while on a non-stop train at a person standing on the platform and doing the same to a person standing on the opposite bank of a fast-flowing and wide river where there is no bridge . |
| 5 | After nine years as Opposition leader , Mr Kinnock , 50 , is expected to announce on Monday that he will not put his name forward for re-election at the party 's annual conference . |
| 6 | He can not put his finger on what has gone wrong on their travels — the times of arrival at the ground have even been varied — and now is the time for mental toughness . |