Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] his [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The serious diner likes to feel comfortable , at ease , to have a sense of wellbeing , but docs not want his attention to be distracted . |
| 2 | The spectator has come for blood , but did not buy his ticket to be reminded of his own mortality . |
| 3 | The friend himself does not intend his advice to be accepted for that reason , and is likely to be doubly hurt if he finds out that his advice was judged mistaken on its merits but was followed in order not to hurt him . |
| 4 | I certainly share Mr Walden 's hopes that David Mellor , whose new Cabinet post includes responsibility for broadcasting , will not allow his judgment to be swayed by those who , no doubt feeling the strain of the election campaign , now relish the prospect of a little BBC-bashing to relieve their feelings in the run-up to the renewal of the Corporation 's Charter . |
| 5 | ‘ Of a four-handed cast , ’ wrote Bernard Levin in the Daily Mail , ‘ Mr Michael Crawford , as the brother who can not bear his sister to be touched by the world , makes a great deal out of what I suspect is not very much , conveying well his uncomprehending self-disgust . ’ |
| 6 | His dip could n't save his fight to be elected and he 's now stepped down . |