Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] his [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He enjoys the security of a group ; like the fat boy in the school photograph , he does not want to push his way to the front . |
| 2 | His solicitor , Cameron Fyfe , said : ‘ The court recognises that Mr McTear will not survive to see his case to its completion , as this process could take several years . |
| 3 | But Fael-Inis only said , ‘ We have certainly saved his body from the Conablaiche , for the Lad will not dare to break his promise to me . ’ |
| 4 | Maurice Cowling has suggested that Law 's resignation was tactical , that he could not face reconciling his party to the coming Irish negotiations , and that he was giving up office so as to be available as an alternative to coalition in the future ; in Gaullist terms he was becoming a Prime Minister " in the reserve of the republic " . |
| 5 | His behaviour must match what he says for us to say he has mastered the correct us of the terms he uses , but he does not have to observe his behaviour to be able to say , ‘ I like Auntie Kate . ’ |
| 6 | Now , if we think along these lines then we will be sorely tempted to say that although the child does not have to observe his behaviour to be able to say , ‘ I like Auntie Kate ’ , there is something else he must observe , something inner and private , a ‘ feeling ’ he has somehow identified as a liking-Auntie-Kate feeling . |
| 7 | The open door might be an invitation but he did n't want to turn his back to it . |
| 8 | John had to agree , he too felt a bit uneasy and scared but did n't want to show his fear to Mary . |