Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows if I may not have need of you by to-morrow ? ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't behave naturally because I must n't give offence . |
| 3 | But I must n't breach trade secrets . |
| 4 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
| 5 | And then I should n't pay tax |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't think Mum would let you go out with Edward again if she knew what you get up to , ’ Paula said carelessly . |
| 7 | I should n't starring part . |
| 8 | Perhaps the Maitre was offering an opportunity I should n't let pass … ? ’ |
| 9 | OK , maybe I should n't let politics influence music , but that 's how I feel now . |
| 10 | I 'll not rest 'til I see you again . |
| 11 | You 're to me as my own and I 'll not stand cheekiness from either . |
| 12 | I 'll not forget th'goodness . |
| 13 | I 'll not have Ling upset . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll not have Ling 's floor in a mess . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But if they take 'er I swear I 'll not lose sight of 'er . |
| 16 | But even I could n't will wakefulness with complete success , and the events of those nights soon began to affect my day-time behaviour . |
| 17 | ‘ As Prime Minister , I could n't waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 18 | Erm on , on yours in fact I could n't check sequence erm on the programme that you 'd given me because I did n't , I , I had know way of telling whether we did get a clash . |
| 19 | because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm |
| 20 | I could n't speak French if I tried . |
| 21 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 22 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
| 23 | I could n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 24 | Rosie said something about keys but I could n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 25 | There was some sort of monitor with dials which I could n't make head nor tail of , two drip stands with tubes — one lot going up her nose , the other into her arm — and her right leg was coated in plaster and suspended in mid air by a pulley contraption on which the Spanish Inquisition probably held the patent . |
| 26 | I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 28 | And I could n't stand physics , I just sort of |
| 29 | I could n't stand chemistry anyway , could n't understand it at all , the atoms and the neutrons and all that . |
| 30 | ‘ I told the police I would take them off in this country , but that I could n't give confirmation I would n't use them abroad . ’ |