Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly appropriate when the wearer is in a meeting or in a public place , such as the hotel foyer , where he does not want attention drawn to his pager . |
| 2 | ( S. ) 468 , where a sentence of four years imprisonment was upheld for robbery of a taxi driver who was threatened with a lighted cigarette and a knife , although he did not suffer injuries comparable with those suffered by the victim in this case . |
| 3 | Kirk began his telegram by summarising the main points of Gen McCreery 's AC/1 89 , about " unmanageable numbers of refugees and prisoners of war … materially deteriorating from operational capacity " of 5 Corps ( although he did not mention McCreery 's opening point about the " large numbers of surrendered personnel from Army Group SE " ) . |
| 4 | Pound was not to escape lightly , however , and although he did not stand trial he was judged insane and spent the next eleven years in confinement . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly however , John McGregor the Transport Secretary , although he did not oppose John Prescott 's submissions , made it quite clear that this would be extremely expensive . |
| 6 | Hannah 's grandfather , James Hauxwell , was invariably invited although he did n't take part in the drive . |
| 7 | Although he did n't trust people outside the department , this time he knew he had no alternative . |
| 8 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 9 | His back was already turned , so he did not see Hilary Frome 's gesture , expressive of what he could do with the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 10 | Peat cutting became a major industry in the Lancashire mosses in the nineteenth century , and on maps of Wicken Fen and Hatfield Chase , you will find ‘ Poor Piece ’ , which was where the local cottagers could cut peat for themselves , subject to regulations prescribing a limited season for peat cutting and insisting that a man may extract as much peat as he can , provided he does not employ assistance . |
| 11 | If people are nearby , draw their attention to what is going on , so that it 's no longer a case of one to one ; or ridicule the offending performer , pointing out that he may catch cold if he does n't take care ( provided that you feel instinctively confident that such a tactic will not enrage him ) . |
| 12 | The boy 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 13 | The lad 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 14 | The child 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 15 | The idiot 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 16 | He 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 17 | ‘ Pretty well , if he does n't get pneumonia , but he 's full of antibiotics just as a prophylactic … |
| 18 | But it 's even more of a comfort for baby if he does n't get wind in the first place . |
| 19 | He added : " If he does not want violence why do the police act with such impunity ? " |
| 20 | If he does not receive payment soon , Mr Hunter says he will have to make 20 staff redundant from the family-run firm , Village Group Tours . |
| 21 | If he does not become Chancellor , he will remain in the news anyway as he attempts to push through the Government 's toughest privatisation yet , British Rail . |
| 22 | If he does not have authority to give the staff financial rewards or the possibility of developing themselves , they may go to their functional managers in order to satisfy their economic and professional ambitions . |
| 23 | In such cases the relation of husband and wife and the past indebtedness may put the creditor in such a position that , if he does not take care to fully explain the transaction , he may find himself defeated by proof that the wife did not fully understand it : ’ |
| 24 | If he did not copy Timagenes he should not be suspected of having copied Posidonius . |
| 25 | Failure to bring about the defection would mean certain imprisonment , possibly death , for if he did not bring matters to a successful conclusion , Manville and his colleagues would not make the slightest attempt to help him . |
| 26 | James had to take what comfort he could from such events , for with the failure of ‘ The Fifteen ’ his prestige in Europe had been greatly diminished , and the Duke of Orleans even threatened to arrest him if he did not leave France . |
| 27 | The previous day the Russian government had announced that it would extradite him to Germany on Dec. 13 ( where he faced criminal charges in connection with his regime 's " shoot-to-kill " policy on escapees ) if he did not leave Russia . |
| 28 | By the autumn , however , the Russians , through their ambassador in Istanbul , Andrei Italinskii , began to threaten the sultan that if he did not make concessions to the Serbs they would intervene to enforce the disputed Article VIII of the Treaty of Bucharest ( see above , p. 81 ) . |
| 29 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 30 | He did so with the support of the southern Saxons and , after a reign of eleven years and seven months ( HE IV , 5 ) , Hlothhere died from wounds received in battle either on 6 February 685 ( HE IV , 26 ) ( if , as Bede believed , he became king in July 673 ) or 686 ( if he did not become king until 674 ) . |