Example sentences of "he [modal v] not [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 2 | And now he 'll not forgive me for a twelvemonth . |
| 3 | Uncle Mosse had wanted to be dead there , and since he could n't achieve it for himself , his clothes had done it for him . |
| 4 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 5 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 6 | When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie . |
| 7 | However , the man with the radio at the final door worked for TAP , the state airline , not the airport , so he could not open it for us . |
| 8 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 9 | More than that , and far worse , he is aware that he could not have it for himself even if it did exist . |
| 10 | Mahmoud Abul Abbas , leader of the Palestine Liberation Front , was not re-elected ( he had earlier announced that he would not nominate himself for membership ) , following the recommendation of a special committee set up to investigate his abortive seaborne raid against Israel in May 1990 [ see pp. 37443-44 ] . |
| 11 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 12 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
| 13 | ‘ I have such confidence in Edgar 's love that I think I could kill him , and he would n't blame me for it . |
| 14 | He realized with a stab of regret he had never once seen her face clearly , and if he went back to seek her out he would n't know her for sure among the many daughters of the chief . |
| 15 | She shrugged , still hurting at all he 'd suffered , although she knew instinctively that he would n't thank her for it . |
| 16 | And he ca n't blame us for singing ‘ You 're Only Here For The Money etc ’ when we travel to Ewood Park . |
| 17 | Then he said flatly , ‘ He ca n't want it for Fincara , because Fand attacked him . |
| 18 | A mate of mine he says he wo n't tell you for about three or four years . |
| 19 | ‘ At the moment the team is coached by Andrew Soper from the computer department , although he wo n't thank me for telling everyone , ’ said Suzanne Isaacs of the Personnel Department at Broadgate . |
| 20 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 21 | But he can not ignore it for long . |
| 22 | He can not produce them for Wales , why is that ? |