Example sentences of "he [vb past] not [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
| 2 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 3 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 4 | In the end , Coleman had to let it pass , although he contrived not to pay for the footage , and duly noted the DEA 's systematic corruption of the media in one of his back-channel reports to Donleavy . |
| 5 | Yet can not the elder referred to in the example be said to have acted morally even though he did not adhere to the sect 's fundamental principle of non-violence ? |
| 6 | He did not care about the money . |
| 7 | He refused an invitation from the EC 's energy authority to investigate the possibilities of translating electricity , generated within green plants , into a new source of fuel : he did not care for the clause giving the EC the right to suppress anything in the eventual reports . |
| 8 | Besides , I 'm not well myself … indeed , I 'm most definitely sick , " added the Collector succumbing to a sudden wave of self-pity for it was true , he did not feel in the least well . |
| 9 | He told the reporter , who was driven blindfold to meet him at a secret location , that gangsters doused one of his two sons with petrol and threatened to kill them both if he did not co-operate in the theft . |
| 10 | He continued to serve on commissions and committees , notably helping to draft the New Model Army ordinance ( 1645 ) , chairing the committee on church government ( 1645–6 ) , and agreeing to try the king , although he did not sit on the trial commission ( 1648 ) . |
| 11 | In his first two seasons with his new county he did not progress beyond the ‘ also bowled ’ section of the averages . |
| 12 | He did not speak in the room , allowing his clothes to fall on to the floor in the darkness , waiting for some stir or sign from Rose , but the only sound in the room was the brushing of his own clothes falling in the darkness . |
| 13 | MP Michael Clark would not confirm he had been threatened with the withdrawal of a Government trip to Canada if he did not vote with the Tories . |
| 14 | The Rev Anthony Freeman said he felt a great sense of relief when he admitted to himself he did not hold to the traditional view of God . |
| 15 | He did not go towards the study door because his mother , coming down the stairs , called , ‘ Who was that … |
| 16 | He did not go to the Grammar School , as has been stated elsewhere ; but he did go to Dr. Henry Clarke 's mathematical school in Salford , answering four mathematical questions in 1775 , and three the following year . |
| 17 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where ex-girlfriend , Sandra Sturgiss , was working . |
| 18 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where ex-girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss , was working , but staggered into a neighbouring office , ablaze from the waist upwards . |
| 19 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where his ex-girlfriend , Sandra Sturgiss , was working . |
| 20 | Although the worst had almost happened , namely he had been threatened with the same fate as Jesus , he did not falter from the task of planting the church in Jerusalem and then in regions beyond . |
| 21 | The judge referred to the provisions of section 10(9) and the meaning of ‘ harm ; ’ he did not refer to the procedural rules . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State mentioned roads , but he did not refer to the A1 . |
| 23 | Since he did not exhibit at the big Salons his name may not have been as well known to the general public as those of Matisse and Derain , who in the previous years had emerged as the most important and controversial figures in the Fauve movement , but there were a large number of people who believed in his genius . |
| 24 | He did not check through the money . |
| 25 | His wife Lavinia , 39 , had asked estate manager Mr Brian Ealey to raise the alarm at 10.20pm when he did not return to the farmhouse . |
| 26 | He too listened closely to the arguments in the morning , but after a pub lunch with his staff , he did not return for the afternoon evidence . |
| 27 | At lunch-time it was noticed that the ‘ patient ’ had disappeared , and he did not return for the start of the afternoon session . |
| 28 | Mr Newman 's body was discovered by his girlfriend , Miss Helen Thomas , who had been concerned when he did not return from the appointment and had driven to Eggington to look for him . |
| 29 | His great Council had been held at Michaelmas 1102 ; by April of the following year he was once more abroad expecting a speedy return , but , as we have seen , he did not return until the end of 1106 . |
| 30 | He did not reply to the letter I left on his desk until months later , by which time he must have overcome the initial shock my flight must surely have caused him . |