Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will not be pressurised as to what they should put on or should not put on . |
| 2 | At its July meeting the Council heard some members complain that the proposals did not go far enough and would not lead to greater freedoms for institutions , and heard others wonder if the long-term aim was in fact ‘ complete autonomy ’ . |
| 3 | Off she 's been at nights ; could n't get in quick enough and could n't get out quick enough . |
| 4 | Anorexics are crying out inside and ca n't believe that no-one has noticed how thin they have become . ’ |
| 5 | So that they just needed more or less scrubbing out and put on Put into drainers , you know just a big piece of wood with holes cut in so that you could fit them in and would n't fall off , and dry them over the heat . |
| 6 | When I took these two guitars into the studio to try them out , over the course of the first hour everyone and their cat called in and could n't resist having a go . |
| 7 | You can pick up the laddered stitches you go but in some cable patterns this amy not be necessary , the loops will begin to draw in and will not show . |
| 8 | He shrugs off calls to slow down and wo n't stop working to go to the toilet . |
| 9 | The electric kettle broke down and will not work unless somebody stands beside it holding in the knob . |
| 10 | If a yacht on flotilla breaks down and can not travel due to a major failure which is not your fault , and a substitute is not available , we pay for each 24 hrs or each full sailing day ( 1000 to 1700 ) the yacht is immobile . |
| 11 | I was numb from the waist down and could n't feel anything . |
| 12 | Well we put carpet down and could n't find any place . |
| 13 | 15.1 This agreement is an executory agreement only and shall not operate or be deemed to operate as a demise of the Premises An executory agreement is an agreement to be followed by a lease , usually after various preliminary matters have been dealt with or some future act has been done , eg works have been completed . |
| 14 | Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . |
| 15 | Instead they agreed to stay together but would not sleep with each other . |
| 16 | He did so but could not get it to work . ’ |
| 17 | For this reason , walking becomes rather a difficult experience as you can feel your feet moving along but can not see where they are going . |
| 18 | She had made no mistake ; he had an errand somewhere that would not wait . |
| 19 | There was muzak echoing from cheap speakers , generated from a cassette somewhere that could n't keep speed . |
| 20 | As we have seen , the trade union movement either could not or would not show the forbearance required , in the national interest , of a great and powerful institution ; nor , for that matter that sense of enlightened self-interest which would have told it that the morality of forbearance was its own best policy . |
| 21 | It was clear that Chancery was doing work which the Common Law Courts could not or would not do , and without which men 's rights could not be sufficiently protected . |
| 22 | Alternately , this interest might demonstrate the excitement and enjoyment gained from reading about and watching that which we ourselves could not or would not do ; a sort of substituted excitement . |
| 23 | If a biologically grounded disposition showed up simply in the form of what human beings could not or would not do , then there would be no real problem of alternative behaviours . |
| 24 | All his life he had sought her pardon for the failure which she either could not or would not spell out for him . |
| 25 | I then learned from the media that these payments would make up for the loss of revenue caused by people who could not or would not pay the community charge … |
| 26 | In many districts headmen could not or would not undertake their new duties . |
| 27 | But we know something else about the bishop 's motive which he could not or would not say to Ramsey . |
| 28 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 29 | Why was her own heart starting to beat so hard again , frantically , as if it was trying to tell her something she could not or would not hear ? |
| 30 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |