Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must not put his life in danger by staying here . ’ |
| 2 | However , we must not forget that even in a welfare totalitarianism like Inca Peru the individual still has some sort of rudimentary superego , albeit perhaps only the primitive one of early childhood ; and , furthermore , we must not overlook his explanation of the feeling of triumph present in mania . |
| 3 | In any case , Chapman considered that a player should not regard his position as fixed , believing that ‘ adaptability should be the aim of every footballer ’ . |
| 4 | In an old-style full committal hearing , Coun Garvey 's solicitor James Watson claimed the incident was accidental and said Teesside Magistrates Court should not commit his client for trial . |
| 5 | Will Wyatt , managing director of network television , said Mr Birt should not lose his job over the dispute and insisted he had the full support of his senior colleagues . |
| 6 | Will Wyatt , managing director of network television , said Mr Birt should not lose his job over the dispute and insisted he had the full support of his senior colleagues . |
| 7 | On 14 December 1557 , parliament agreed to send commissioners to France to negotiate the marriage , while making a sideways nod to Châtelherault 's shrill demand that this should not prejudice his right as heir presumptive . |
| 8 | Of course a certain amount of caution is necessary , for how else is the child to learn that he should not put his hand in the fire or stick his finger into an electric socket ? |
| 9 | Few want to remain financially dependent on a former partner unless absolutely necessary , and may see no reason why he should not have his share of the proceeds from the house sale . |
| 10 | Well , well , lambkin , if I was in his place he should not have his property in you long questionable . |
| 11 | If Mr does n't like field sports he should seek , try to seek to persuade Parliament to ban it he 'll have an excellent opportunity because he 'll , he 's told us that he 'll be an MP shortly that 's what 's happening , that 's what 's happened in the case of cock fighting and badger baiting it has n't happened in the case of fox hunting and Mr should n't abuse his position as a councillor to dictate to the council 's tenants in the way that he proposes . |
| 12 | The thought came as no relief to Merymose , for although the loss of his quarry might not mean his dismissal from the Medjays , he could expect demotion , or at best to end his days in no higher rank than he held now . |
| 13 | Before Christmas the Shah had constantly refused to approve such efforts , saying that the King could not secure his throne by massive bloodshed . |
| 14 | Evidently Anselm judged that he could not make his excommunication of the king effective if he stayed in Lyons , and he must move nearer to the scene of action . |
| 15 | She was about his age , and in the chronic torpid state that overcame him daily as he faced work , he could not make his embarrassment at her gesture connect with his limbs . |
| 16 | Now Hyde could not show his face to the world again . |
| 17 | With England running in four tries past the static Springbok forwards , Botha could not hide his contempt for the country 's administrators . |
| 18 | He did manage to establish the English in a ring of garrisons in southern Scotland , but — like Edward I before him — he found that he could not extend his grip in any effective way into northern Scotland beyond the Tay ; and his southern castles could be recaptured . |
| 19 | Councillor David Warner , while commenting that he could not bring his find to the council meeting , reported that he had spied a full sized bath with one tap which had been thrown in the hedge in Tunbridge Lane . |
| 20 | But he could not shift his gaze from off her sex . |
| 21 | His friends could not see his face in the dark . |
| 22 | He could not use his arm at all , by himself , and his shoulder was very painful . |
| 23 | Examples would be : where the act is not seen , as when the victim is asleep ; where the victim believes that the gun was unloaded ( Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 ) ; where the victim knows by the accused 's words that the threat will not take place ( Tuberville v Savage ( 1669 ) 86 ER 684 ; or where the accused could not put his threat into effect : the usual illustrations are shaking a fist while on a non-stop train at a person standing on the platform and doing the same to a person standing on the opposite bank of a fast-flowing and wide river where there is no bridge . |
| 24 | Haydn was ill and could not complete his commission in time , so Mozart finished it for him . |
| 25 | As defending champion he had wanted to remove as much expectation as possible , hoodwinking the little army of British writers who hang on to his every word into believing that he really could not hit his hat with a banjo . |
| 26 | We were due at Chauk , an old field town , next day and Captain Tizzard advised me to take Rachel to the hospital there , but warned me that he could not delay his sailing for more than a few hours . |
| 27 | But the minister 's travels between Moscow and Baghdad , by way of Tehran , and back again , partly overland since the Americans said they could not guarantee his safety in Iraqi airspace , seemed dilatory . |
| 28 | On Feb. 16 Vellayati held talks in Moscow with Bessmertnykh , and Aziz flew to Moscow on Feb. 17 , after first crossing by road into Iran ( coalition commanders having announced that they could not guarantee his safety in Iraqi airspace ) . |
| 29 | She could not read his face at all , that was the problem . |
| 30 | A death-bed repentance and confession might gain him entrance into heaven ; it might save his soul , but it could not save his reputation after a lifetime of dishonour . |