Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] not [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This feature occurs because rational expectations generally implies restrictions on the coefficients of the model , and if the restrictions are valid then imposing them should not worsen the model 's explanatory power .
2 I may not wear a mob cap , but I rake our coal-fired Rayburn daily and ‘ clouds of ash ’ is an understatement of the result .
3 I may not have a lot to give but what I 've got I 'll give to you
4 I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you .
5 ‘ If I may not die a king I shall die like a gentleman ’ , he reflected .
6 Although I installed Legato , it was some time ago , so I may not remember the name of the directory where it was installed ; but Windows can provide this information .
7 I must not make the same mistake this time .
8 It was an enormous subject upon which we had embarked , and I felt that , as a minor guest of the monastery , I must not monopolize the time of the guest whom everyone wanted to meet .
9 I must not give the impression of being without sin .
10 My son , Ben , says I must not forget the illustrations by Quentin Blake — writer and illustrator are here a perfect match .
11 And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one .
12 I must not forget the back-up staff and the community staff who visited me so promptly after my return home .
13 I must not remember the story I set out to tell .
14 I should not like the responsibility of destroying such a rare plant . ’
15 I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests !
16 I should not wish the young King to know about it or see , for he would not find it to his liking ; but I fear , so white is the stone , that he can not fail to see it from Mathefelon .
17 ‘ Is there any reason that I should not take an early stroll on the beaches like Mr Dickens himself ? ’
18 He exclaimed , " Woe is me , if I only had my two darling nephews I should not lack a champion . "
19 to the third year and I might not do the fourth year .
20 I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … .
21 I might not fit the breed standard , but who knows ?
22 I might not get a chance this week to read of the collapse of reason , of the loneliness of standing for something .
23 ‘ At 71 I might not get the chance to go again . ’
24 When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 .
25 Sandy was already in the side , and I got talking to him again , Calero was struggling , and I said I might not have a bag for the Ryder Cup .
26 Some of those feelings returned — I might not see the leaves again , I might have to leave my wife Fiona on her own .
27 But if it 's a lie , then you 'll end your days as an old maid , Ann , for I 'll not marry a liar , and no other man will have you either , not while I 've aught to say about it . "
28 But now , after what happened , I 'll not miss the Pill again .
29 I 'll not start a fight if that 's what 's troubling thee .
30 Do n't worry yerself , I 'll not mention a word of it to anyone .
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