Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.3 The employee 's duty not to make preparations in order to compete with his employer after he has left or to enable another to do so The employee can not make preparations during his employment , either during the working day or in his spare time , with a view to competing with his employer once his employment is over if such preparation may have a material effect on his employer 's business . |
| 2 | THE man accused of attempted murder of Coast to Coast walker Josephine Chandler will not give evidence in his defence . |
| 3 | Bennett was the last to bale out , He evaded capture on his adventurous journey from Norway to Sweden and this is best savoured by his own description in Pathfinder which , unhappily , does not report details of his encounter with Count Bernadotte of the Swedish Foreign Office : this must have been a very unequal contest . |
| 4 | Ferkhan also owned land near the village and complained that lack of electricity meant that he could not pump water to his field and , as a result , he had grown only twenty tons of melons compared to eighty before the war … |
| 5 | Charman did not confront Gedge over his flirtation with Catt because he did n't want to cause a major disruption in the middle of a tour . |
| 6 | FORMER Trade and Defence minister Alan Clark will not face prosecution over his evidence in the arms-for-Iraq Matrix Churchill case , the Crown Prosecution Service announced yesterday . |
| 7 | ‘ He can not have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother . ’ |
| 8 | THERE never has been , and never will be , a champion golfer who does not have fire in his belly . |
| 9 | Lane did not take offence at his boss 's comment , nor did he slow down . |
| 10 | It is a most important matter that a councillor should not take advantage of his position and use it for his own personal gain . |
| 11 | Furthermore , Macbeth did not murder Duncan in his palace of Cawdor in Nairn , since the castle there was not built until the fourteenth century ; and Duncan was not the pitiable old greybeard portrayed in the play but a ruthless and ambitious man regarded by many as a usurper . |
| 12 | Robbie does not blame Mooney for his injury . |
| 13 | Illnesses did not require names in his scheme of things : they were merely misfortunes to be endured . |
| 14 | He will not reveal details of his method of preservation until he has published a scientific paper on the matter . |
| 15 | Mr Trump would not reveal details of his financing for the proposed purchase which comes at a time of growing concern among US regulators over the heavy debt loads the carriers are acquiring . |
| 16 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 17 | Silas had made it plain that he did n't want women in his life , but she refused to accept that fact . |
| 18 | If Councillor had actually stayed , he would know why this is so important to the people of whom I may say he has cruelly deserted by walking out of the debating chamber and what he 's saying to the people of is that Liberal Councillors A wo n't prepare speeches like his colleague earlier on or they wo n't stay in the debate they are not going to be properly represented when we take important decisions , both nationally and locally . |
| 19 | It was too much , too soon because his development as a person could n't keep pace with his progress as a tennis player . |
| 20 | One did n't measure Bolan by his doggerel , but by his pucker . |
| 21 | The man wo n't step foot outside his castle without myself as escort , so I have to kick my heels until his business with Queen Matilda is done . |
| 22 | He did n't appreciate slurs on his manhood — even jokey ones . |
| 23 | She would n't take advantage of his friendliness . |
| 24 | I would n't trust him with a play like Amadeus , playing a part like Salieri , if I did n't have belief in his talent . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's careful about what he eats , and he does n't drink — he would n't have alcohol in his trifle . |
| 26 | that he needs and he needs to speak to his boss , he does n't get answers from his boss . |
| 27 | ‘ You see , ’ he began , ‘ Edward wo n't let George in his room 'cos of the war and Zach ses they 're knittin' boots in the sittin' room and the twins ses they might , only … ’ |
| 28 | One does n't ask Loulou about his work . ’ |
| 29 | He could n't find Wes in his room so to his mother said bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him , tell Wesley I need him tell Wesley I may be late , I 've something to do that can not wait . |
| 30 | He could n't find Wes in his room so to his mother said bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him , tell Wesley I need him tell Wesley I may be late , I 've something to do that can not wait . |