Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 2 | I do n't know why Barny chose to eat his own chicks , but I must n't judge him in human terms . |
| 3 | And , in the end , she might not lose him after all … |
| 4 | She would not , could not leave him for this boy ! |
| 5 | Even marriage could not cure him of all his anxieties , and it is salutary to remember that , in some situations , he was as frightened of other people as they were of him : he often seemed shy and hesitant in conversation still . |
| 6 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 7 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 8 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 9 | Political theories could not provide him with any answers . |
| 10 | She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light . |
| 11 | But I could n't leave him like that , his back and legs bare . |
| 12 | He was right , but she could n't leave him like this . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 14 | She found she could n't tell him after all . |
| 15 | So we could n't fit him in either , so we 've actually sold Marvin sadly to Poole , which erm he 'll lead those to a good team I think . |
| 16 | Derby winner Dr Devious also raced freely before weakening into 10th and jockey Chris McCarron , who replaced regular rider John Reid , reported afterwards : ‘ I could n't control him at all . ’ |
| 17 | He 'd been a gentleman , she could n't fault him on that . |
| 18 | Now we could n't have him in this year to give the others a chance so this is how you voted for the nineteen ninety three racing personality of the year on Channel Four and let's take it in reverse order starting with the person who finished fourth . |
| 19 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 21 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |
| 22 | I could n't keep him to any particular point — he kept slipping from one subject to another without seeming to realize it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps we need n't bother him at all . |
| 24 | But Kit Everard would not exchange him against either of the women , and indeed , showed little interest in recovering him . |
| 25 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 26 | But his wisdom would not help him in this instance . |
| 27 | He could not believe what he was hearing , but he knew that the General would not deceive him in these , or any other , circumstances . |
| 28 | The old lady would n't reach him in that time ; but the assistant saw her swing her right arm forward , the hand clutching a furled umbrella by its ferrule. the crook of the umbrella hooked inside the front of the little boy 's blazer and hooked him like a fish from water out of the path of the skidding car . |
| 29 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 30 | ‘ No , we would n't leave him in some Beirut jail . |