Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Tucker , 29 , of Hounslow , west London , who will be sentenced later this month , was allowed bail on condition he does not enter any of the fast food chain 's stores . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a wonder he did n't go mad . |
| 3 | I touched his arm , but apart from deepening his frown for a second he did n't pay any attention . |
| 4 | What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained . |
| 5 | It 's a great pity he did n't preserve any detail , and he looked , er , like all his other papers had been left in the library of Congress until two thousand and twenty five , and then they will all become public . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ Despite his fame he did n't have any big star hang ups and he was very down to earth . ’ |
| 7 | The worker accepted that at that point he did not require any more help , and terminated the contract , leaving her address . |
| 8 | During our meeting he did not seem interested in Cathy or her news . |
| 9 | Funny that — that 's what a lot of people familiar with Macintosh System say about Windows : commenting on the venture between Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc to build the Macintosh look and feel atop DR DOS , Microsoft Corp general manager Brad Chase told the Wall Street Journal he did n't see any new software from Apple and Novell as a threat — such software ‘ is like putting lipstick on a chicken , ’ he said — ‘ but it 's still a chicken . ’ |
| 10 | Though he hopes to double the size of the group he does not plan any further acquisitions until the spring , preferring instead to work on ensuring that the Sea Life businesses are fully integrated into the group . |
| 11 | I listened as the young man tried to get away — telling the wino he did n't have any money . |
| 12 | To this day he did n't understand that authority . |
| 13 | The second night he did not feel well and suffered severely from sleepiness . |
| 14 | Because the postman milkman he did n't take any notice until he matured . |
| 15 | Besides , being so late in the season he did not anticipate any difficulty ; although there was something else to which he had not given any thought . |
| 16 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
| 17 | Testers ' comments : Pamela : ‘ Heavy on the shoulders , and although Sam went to sleep he did n't look comfy . |
| 18 | It seems plausible to suppose that unless a person enjoys or is soon likely to acquire effective power in a society he does not possess legitimate political authority over that society . |
| 19 | When Djilas eventually decided that a new class had emerged in communist society he did not include all administrative officials but rather the ‘ party or political bureaucracy ’ , by which he appeared to mean state functionaries who were also party members . |
| 20 | But of course he does not stand alone . |
| 21 | The reason he did not start this game was that , as Mr Wilkinson put it ‘ he did not get a kick ’ , when Leeds were beaten 4–0 , their heaviest defeat of the season , by Manchester City a week earlier . |
| 22 | He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance . |
| 23 | My elder brother he does n't work hard but I suppose he is kind of quite . |
| 24 | At the time he did n't make any comment , though I 'm sure he thought quite a lot ! |
| 25 | Despite his claim of satisfaction he did n't look over-pleased . |
| 26 | But when he called him into his office he did n't mention this as a reason for the change . |
| 27 | While bringing many qualities to his new post , Mr Snyder could not be said to possess great insight into the subject — in fact he did n't possess any sight at all ; the new chairman was registered as blind . |