Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I did n't realize at the time just how deep I 'd get in and I ca n't be blamed for not seeing what would happen in the end . |
| 2 | Do you not think we 'll need another extra coach on the the Manchester ? |
| 3 | They do not think we may mean the " inner stars " . |
| 4 | I do not think we should decide , in the present case , more than we need . |
| 5 | It is not necessary for us in the present case to decide whether this distinction is a legitimate one and I do not think we should assume to do so . |
| 6 | His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election . |
| 7 | It could lead to unjustifiable situations resulting in a great number of injustices and I do not think we should continue with it . … |
| 8 | In the phonetic/phonological dimension , I do not think we should speak too readily of Early Modern ‘ Standard ’ English . |
| 9 | Anyway , I do not think we should discuss the young Duke of Ross , should we ? ’ |
| 10 | Do you not think we should have an anti-arrhythmic agent rather than £600 worth of thrombolysis in our medical bag ? |
| 11 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 12 | I did not think we could invade this year . |
| 13 | I do not think we could justify turning our backs . ’ |
| 14 | I do not think we could bid for the money part as Japan has the reputation of trying to get its own way by money . |
| 15 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Presumably they did not think we could add anything . |
| 17 | ‘ I admit I did not think they would do that . ’ |
| 18 | The children were terrified when the flood happened and I just do not think they would want to come back . ’ |
| 19 | Nutty did not think they would win . |
| 20 | Saddam is now more reliant than ever on other clans , which do not think they would survive his overthrow . |
| 21 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 22 | Other publishers do not think they must follow Reed 's initiative to regain lost ground . |
| 23 | For I do not think they will talk to me , not without encouragement . |
| 24 | But I do not think they will believe it necessary to dilute our sense of national identity in order to play a full-hearted role in Europe . |
| 25 | When , not too long afterwards , an emissary came to ask me how much money I wanted not to look too closely into Thieme 's affairs , I knew what many an ‘ investigative ’ journalist knows : for some people , there are no rules , no codes they do not think they can break . |
| 26 | Second , we will set-down the perspective of the Liberals and SDP — the parties that have been most active in pressing the case for a new constitution precisely because they do not think they can win within the rules of the old one . |
| 27 | The Americans are telling East Europeans that they should not think they can join NATO — that would break the ‘ do n't gloat ’ rule — and they do not mean to imply , either , that NATO 's security perimeter has been extended to the Soviet-Polish border . |
| 28 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 29 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 30 | I do not think anyone can tell you how to create an advertisement . |