Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Minister confirm that the Government will take the necessary steps — if necessary through Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution — to ensure that PowerGen complies with its commitment to retrofit 4 GW of coal burn should it not do so voluntarily ? |
| 2 | If they did not let her see him until they both appeared before the prince , what wild errors might he not commit in his insecurity ? |
| 3 | Cos it 's a fungus could it not spread from my shoes ? |
| 4 | Yo you 're light , the er ceiling could you not get away with covering the , get the lights a colour blue ? |
| 5 | Students are also able to extend their course to take extra credits should they not meet degree requirements within the standard three or four years , again by returning part-time . |
| 6 | He 's got a bit of a roll on going down the hill would you not agree ? |
| 7 | Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario . |
| 8 | I put that as an amendment , not reiterating the entire Labour budget , but I asked the Liberal Democrats , who purport to want to erm provide that sort of service to vulnerable people could they not accept that extra half a million pounds as an amendment , and two out of the group abstained , the rest of them voted against that as an amendment . |
| 9 | What canals , bridges and noble roads would it not have made for us ? ’ |
| 10 | Surely , I thought , if we can do this with pensions can we not do the same with social security ? |
| 11 | It 's Thursday can you not park next to that |
| 12 | memo could you not mention the producer quite so much nobody out there knows who he is . |
| 13 | Can , can we Mr chairman can we not suggest erm the fact that , to the three executives , that the subscription stay the same for three or six month period until unison and members are balloted on |
| 14 | She was suffering as he must have suffered ; and if he knew her pain might he not come to her , as she had so often come to him , gently reminding her that despair was an unavoidable but essential ordeal , of the quest ? |