Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If she may n't have a dram , ’ James said , ‘ What might I tempt her with ?
2 She may not formulate these questions consciously , but her planning and teaching will reflect the influence of these considerations .
3 All such kinsmen are , from a girl 's point of view , either " brothers " or " cross-cousins " and she may not marry a " brother " .
4 Cease to neglect your wife and she may not neglect your home .
5 However , she may not cope with another supplemented runner , LINE OF THUNDER ( nap 3.10 ) .
6 ‘ And she may not want to talk about it .
7 There are some awkward questions she may not want to answer . ’
8 She may not want you .
9 She may not want you Rocket .
10 She may not care , ’ Theda interrupted , coming forward eagerly , ‘ but I do , Mr Aycliffe . ’
11 Give some thought , though , to the fact that she may not recover .
12 She may not come .
13 Nevertheless , though she may not recognise the name it goes by from any catalogue of thou-shalt-nots , our Riva knows an abomination when she sees one .
14 She hopes so too , or she 'd not have written that note though she may not realize it yet .
15 She may not have any speech , but she has no problems in making her feelings clear : she wails at the memory .
16 If he had told Mrs Wilson this and even if she had believed him , she may not have wished to help him .
17 At the moment it is theoretically possible for a qualified nurse with 20 years ' break in service to be put in charge of an acute ward , and to take responsibility for the management and allocation of staff , even though she may not have any recent or relevant experience .
18 But does it matter as when you think that she may not have made a will , because then everything will go to her er next of kin as one says , intestacy rules .
19 She may not have had any opportunity to understand their capacity to nourish her emotional life .
20 But although she may not have been popular at work she was not evil .
21 The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days .
22 Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend .
23 Treitel ( 8th ed. ) , p. 87 says of Ward v. Byham : ‘ One basis of the decision is that the mother had provided consideration by showing that she had made the child happy , etc. : in this way she can be said to have conferred a factual benefit on the father , even though she may not have suffered any detriment . ’
24 She may not have had time . ’
25 ‘ In addition to the agreed sum of her own portion , all my jewellery , all the silver and plate , and any items of furnishing she wishes to remove from Merchiston Lodge , which property itself she may not have . ’
26 She may not have consciously intended all of it , but huge fraud it was , because she purported to give a picture which in , in her own words was , er forever true , that 's a direct quote , er forever true , of Samoa , which we know , er , was not at all true .
27 Yeah , she may not have sent it through
28 Four months later her killer is still at large and detectives are looking at the possibility that she may not have been his first victim
29 If the salesperson is unsuccessful at this stage , then he or she may not have the opportunity of selling to the firm again until the next model change ( and even then it is difficult trying to dislodge established suppliers ) .
30 She may not say a word but — it 's another base to be touched . ’
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