Example sentences of "not respond to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 After the break between his father and mother , he could not respond to her affection .
2 However , the officer also warned that the army 's deadline was the end of the month and that , if de Gaulle did not respond to its appeal , the army would go ahead with Operation Resurrection nonetheless .
3 In the beginning , a team of French builders was hired , but when they did not respond to his treatment of them as an army detachment , he fired them and barked orders at Anthony instead .
4 When Richard did not respond to his greeting except by frowning and then turning away , Hugh remained undismayed .
5 The connections were loose , and the optic burner did n't respond to her impulse command .
6 But Tom did n't respond to his sister 's words .
7 Meredith did n't respond to his attempt to lighten the conversation but merely sat staring at him thoughtfully .
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