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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] be [conj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I I find that I am assertive whereas at times I should n't be in fact most of the time I should n't be and I am
2	‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly .
3	Well I would n't be if he bought me flowers now and again .
4	‘ I ca n't be that until their bodies are found .
5	She should n't be but how else would she get home ?
6	Well no she should n't be but since going she just suddenly appeared did n't she ?
7	you might not be but I am
8	A woman 's world was more private , she was in charge of it in a way that you could n't be if you were a man .
9	You ca n't be than six .
10	Some of you may be pissed off that the game was n't on R5 , but you ca n't be as pissed off as me .
11	I said what do you mean sh oh I did n't mean it like that I meant she ca n't be because I like her .
12	and then someone said Barbra Streisand and then someone said she ca n't be cos she 's nice
13	She wo n't be as damaged by you dashing her dream as you could be by continuing with something that makes you ill .
14	13.3.2 by or to the Tenant may be given or made by or to the Tenant 's solicitors on behalf of the Tenant The only point to make is to ensure that any notices to be served on the tenant will be certain to be received , which they may not be if served at the premises .
15	But they could n't be because I never take them off . "
16	No they would n't be when I 'm des when they 're desperate , everybody rings me when I 'm
17	Kohlberg 's dilemmas are not about real people — they ca n't be if the aim of the research is to discover objective principles of justice .
18	They wo n't be if you want to photocopy something .
19	As a result the later Chapters of this book explore some of the these areas ; they can not be as focussed on the specifically procedural aspects of prosecution and trial .
20	At the same time , in a quite different direction , the ‘ arts ’ run through into areas of human thought and discourse — values , truths , ideas , observations , reports — where , though the ‘ aesthetic ’ perceptions may be still quite relevant , they can not be and in practice are not taken as wholly defining .
21	It may not be that we have become too sophisticated but that we are so confused we seek salvation even from out there .
22	In the confined environment of pre-school life the infant may have appeared to be progressing normally , and it may not be until an objective screening test is given that the sight problem is recognised .
23	However , puberty affects values and beliefs so much that it may not be until the mid-twenties that we can ask realistically what career priorities a person has .
24	A strong gatekeeper role will limit sales access to influencers and decision takers in the way laid down by company policy , and it may not be until that policy is changed that an individual supplier may be permitted sales access to present his wares .
25	We would hope that that has been defined er by somebody of the hierarchy but , if we 're moving onto new work areas , it might not The sequence maybe self-evident but it may not be and it would be nice to have it written down .
26	It should n't be and I think it 's a very sad reflection on the human race that it often is . ’
27	‘ It might not be but it 's the godalmighty truth , ’ he asserted so playfully back that the whole table laughed .
28	It might not be cos you might have got the formula wrong and you 've got every one of them wrong but it 's usually a good sign .
29	If they say no , it might not be because they do n't like the sound of it but because their lists are already full and they are unable to take on any more .
30	As he went to the net , he raised one finger in the air as if to acknowledge the banners that proclaimed him No 1 — he might not be but the way he played last night he could be again soon .