Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] his [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 His own party has its doubts ; congressional Democrats may not accept his plans for cutting the deficit .
3 With England running in four tries past the static Springbok forwards , Botha could not hide his contempt for the country 's administrators .
4 ACTOR Woody Allen was heartbroken last night after being told he could not see his children for Christmas .
5 WOODY ALLEN went shopping yesterday after a judge told him he could not see his children for Christmas but could send them presents .
6 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 .
7 Tess could not accept his reasons for not going .
8 Sometimes he would not leave his room for days on end .
9 Les Conn : ‘ So anyway ’ , I said to David , ‘ I think you 'll have to have your hair cut , otherwise you wo n't get this programme on television ’ , to which he replied that he would n't cut his hair for the Prime Minister .
10 ‘ But you ca n't live his life for him .
11 Leeds new centre signing Kevin Iro wo n't make his debut for at least six weeks after a specialist said that the Kiwi international 's injury was worse than first feared .
12 They can also perform a limited corporate finance function , and provide a mechanism for marketing shares in an unquoted company ( Newco ) , where otherwise the benefit to an employee of holding shares is somewhat illusory , in that he can not realise his shares for cash , unless he remains a shareholder of the company and ( usually ) an employee or director , until there is a sale of Newco or it obtains a listing .
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