Example sentences of "she [be] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it seemed , if she were not to die of her love she had to poison it ; and even , over its death agonies , to exult . |
| 2 | Of course , she would die very quickly if she were not to receive intensive and expensive round-the-clock treatment from the staff of the nursing home where she is now a patient . |
| 3 | The mother would have to rent a property for herself and the boys if she were not to accept the offer of rent-free accommodation for a month with a friend of the father . |
| 4 | Martha turned and shook off her idleness , realising that the old woman would continue enumerating chores if she were not distracted . |
| 5 | ‘ He means , ’ said Rita , slowly , in her loud classroom voice , ‘ anyone could walk in as long as he or she were not carrying a package that did look suspicious . ’ |
| 6 | She 's not tucked away here . ’ |
| 7 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 8 | And , she is not terror stricken , she is not horrified , she 's not cowering in a corner , Jane I mean . |
| 9 | ‘ So she 's not covered up with bits of black in case she turns you on ? ’ |
| 10 | Maybe she 's not covered by this in effect . |
| 11 | Now when you read through it , she 's not covered for anything . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's not to move . |
| 13 | We 'd best be remembering she 's a Campbell , so she 's not born a fool . |
| 14 | Cos she 's not born in this country . |
| 15 | Eh , he says , she 's not rocking , he said , When you see them lifeboats , he says , you know she 's knocking them down . |
| 16 | Amanda said I 've got to sto , she 's not to stop going to night school . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's not shut away , she 's just ill , ’ Nick shouted . |
| 18 | It must there must be it must be possible to speak to her about the fact that she 's not communicating . |
| 19 | Morning Jo Morning Margaret Morning Paula Oh she 's not speaking to me this morning Paula . |
| 20 | And Sue said she 's got nothing in view apart from that and she said to her you must have alternatives , she 's not applied to anybody or enquired about anything |
| 21 | ‘ She 's not thinking of proposing , is she ? ’ |
| 22 | She 's not thinking of the company , Ingrid . |
| 23 | Alamena , Boz 's wife , is making life difficult for her , telling her she 's not to leave the camp and that she 's too free and easy with everyone . |
| 24 | ‘ The doctor thinks the condition is partly hysterical , nerves really , but she 's not malingering . |
| 25 | ‘ No , of course she 's not engaged . |
| 26 | ‘ I know , and they 're probably all true in their way , but I 'm sure there 's something else that she 's not telling me … |
| 27 | Sue might know but she 's not telling us . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's our great local mystery at the moment ; nobody knows who the father is except , perhaps , Cissie , and if she knows she 's not telling . ’ |
| 29 | But if her astrologer gave her any warning , she 's not telling anyone . |
| 30 | But if the Princess has , she 's not telling . |