Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows if I may not have need of you by to-morrow ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 3 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
| 4 | It is unkind — perhaps I should not mince words — it is cruel to keep albino fish under bright lights ; with a fish like the Oscar , often kept in a tank with no shade to escape into , this detail is particularly important . |
| 5 | ‘ If I 'd known my score was 4998 not 496 I might not have runs at all . ’ |
| 6 | Look , I 'll promise you one thing : I 'll not marry Kitty McKenna , not even if she sends me another tie . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll not rest 'til I see you again . |
| 8 | You 're to me as my own and I 'll not stand cheekiness from either . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll not tolerate activities that can blow up in our faces which I have n't known about . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll not forget th'goodness . |
| 11 | I 'll not have Ling upset . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll not have Ling 's floor in a mess . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll not take orders from you ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But if they take 'er I swear I 'll not lose sight of 'er . |
| 15 | I wish I could give him a post , but I could not pass Lord Bute 's son with decency ’ . |
| 16 | I suppose it was this that made Richard think I could not manage Flora 's job . |
| 17 | I could not terminate Adolph Ng so conveniently . |
| 18 | So , since for the present Neil preferred to lie low and find out just what Ewen was up to , I could not tell Mrs McDougall of Ewen 's night-time visit . |
| 19 | But I could not stop Cathy whispering something in Linton 's ear , before we left the room . |
| 20 | I could not stop crying . ’ |
| 21 | Then I wished I had asked him to walk with me to the coach , and I could not stop crying . |
| 22 | There was more than one reason why I could not accompany Jean-Claude to America . |
| 23 | I did not go — I could not give Charlotte away to that man . |
| 24 | Joseph enjoyed being able to scold his wicked employer , with warnings from the Bible , and I could not leave Miss Catherine . |
| 25 | But I could not make Adèle concentrate on her lessons because she was constantly talking about the presents Mr Rochester had promised to bring her . |
| 26 | As hard as I tried , I could not make use of the staff , so I carried it , hobbling like a stage imbecile . |
| 27 | I explained to the man that I could not carry cheese to my appointment but that I would be back another day . |
| 28 | As Prime Minister I could not waste time having any internal arguments ’ or ‘ Yes , I do drive through things which I believe in passionately — what else do you expect of a Prime Minister ? |
| 29 | As Prime Minister I could not waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 30 | I could not swallow pills until I realised that it was a psychological problem ( ’ Sticky pills ’ ) Monitor , 13 January , p 88 ) . |