Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 2 | The retailer should not sell you the first slice and the second cut should be of a bright , usually pink colour . |
| 3 | The courts should not deny themselves the light which Parliamentary materials may shed on the meaning of the words Parliament has used and thereby risk subjecting the individual to a law which Parliament never intended to enact . |
| 4 | Sorry , I should n't do it the other side cos it wobbled . |
| 5 | We 're simply saying that if we 're going to build the vehicle over there with in excess of 60 per cent local content , you should n't charge us the 10 per cent duty . |
| 6 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
| 7 | I 'm serious about that , it grieves me greatly the possibility that he may not hear what the patch has to say . |
| 8 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 9 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
| 10 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 11 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 12 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 13 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 14 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 15 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 16 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 17 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 18 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 19 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 21 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 22 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 23 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 24 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 25 | Sad that the industry of our age could not keep what the ingenuity of the former found out . |
| 26 | He said that intellect took one so far but could not take one the whole way . |
| 27 | He could not reveal what the buyers was planning for the building , however , any investment in the site is certain to bring jobs with it . |
| 28 | When an increasing number of psychologists could not find what the theory required them to find , the theory was modified . |
| 29 | He found himself saying , ‘ In 1919 the Enabling Act was passed ’ and then could not remember what the Enabling Act was ; although it was and still in part is the Act which defines the nature of the establishment in England . |
| 30 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |