Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Or I 'll not take you again . ’
2 Get up at once or I wo n't talk to you .
3 ‘ … or I wo n't talk . ’
4 Now do co-operate for my sake — or I wo n't have a moment 's peace in Rome .
5 Erm so in that end I 've got to believe in myself or I wo n't sell it .
6 I have to or , or I wo n't fill it up .
7 Or I wo n't come to the party . ’
8 She said , And I 'll give you a little bit , she said , you must have it or I wo n't come .
9 I must be calm now or I wo n't enjoy my outing .
10 ‘ You better stop sulking and apologize to your mother or I wo n't take you to Argentina . ’
11 And what do you say , do you say , ‘ I do n't agree with what that man says , it 's a bad book , I do n't like it or I wo n't read it ’ , or do you say , ‘ it 's probably useful for me to try to make the imaginative judgment to see things the way he sees them , to see the way the world looks like from his point of view , and I may reject that , but at least one ought to have some tolerance and some understanding ’ , and it seems that that 's where the study of literature meets life .
12 ‘ But I 'm warning you , Adam , I 'll have to leave something in the Dove Trust — a bit over fifteen per cent — or I ca n't justify what I 've done . ’
13 I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing .
14 Or I ca n't do it I have to scribble .
15 You must let me do that or I ca n't think of rejoining you . ’
16 Not to say , ‘ I ca n't do it or I ca n't remember it ’ , but stop it for a bit and then go back to it , and then you 'll find you 've got it .
17 Erm , features er a female university lecturer who 's who says of the Victorian novel that it comes out right by marriage , er either marriage , legacy , or I ca n't remember what the other one was , there were three categories .
18 I do n't know , or I ca n't remember .
19 Well yeah and you do n't get nothing out case somebody come look or I ca n't put all me washing round like you know ?
20 has it come off ? , your space suits come off has it ? , alright , here , well stand still or I ca n't put it on while you 're jumping about come here jumping bean , do n't you want it on ?
21 Have I got my glasses with me or I ca n't see the prices .
22 Hope I 've got my glasses with me or I ca n't see the prices .
23 Either that or I ca n't read your writing properly .
24 Let me touch you , or I ca n't live ! ’
25 At the present time , it is very desperate , or I would not bother you .
26 I am discomposed , or I would not speak as I have .
27 Of course , I love the theatre or I would not go on doing it . ’
28 Well , it was hardly intense , or I would not have forgotten it .
29 But yes , she has something or I would not have taken her .
30 ‘ I had intended to secure your favour , or I would not let you live for this insult . ’
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