Example sentences of "he [modal v] not [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Tactically , he may not be Brearley or Fletcher , for he sticks with what he knows ; but Brearley or Fletcher could not bat like Gooch . |
2 | Tactically , he may not be Brearley or Fletcher , for he sticks with what he knows ; but Brearley or Fletcher could not bat like Gooch . |
3 | I 'd asked that he should n't be bottle fed with my expressed milk as it can be more difficult to establish breastfeeding if a baby is confused by a teat . |
4 | He could n't be part of their brotherhood but he wanted to be among them . |
5 | He was avid for news of how it was all going , and regretting that he could n't be part of it . |
6 | He would not be proprietor of all he surveyed there . |
7 | The trust is invalid on several counts : no property has been bequeathed to the curator so the principle of benefit is infringed ; if the curator had been validly appointed , which he has not , then he would be able to exercise some control over the foster-child 's use of the land ; but even then , since he would not be owner , it would be a problem that it was he who was charged with the trust for distributing shares in the income from the land . |
8 | Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase . |
9 | If he was so drunk that he could not appreciate the nature of the risk , he will not be volenti . |
10 | At 33 and suffering from a dislocated shoulder , he wo n't be Britain 's standard-bearer again in Barcelona this summer . |