Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let's face it — he may not want help of any sort . |
| 2 | When a player receives the ball outside his 22-metre line and runs behind the 22 to kick for touch , he may not gain ground from the kick . |
| 3 | And he entrusted to the curator that he should not allow sale of certain land but [ the foster-child ] should enjoy its income together with his nurses , Sempronia and Maevia . |
| 4 | If you are eventing rather than hunter trialling and the horse is standing in the horsebox between phases , he is likely to ‘ go off the boil ’ and although he should not require work as such , he will probably need a sharp canter and four or five practice jumps before he is ready to go . |
| 5 | He should not seek information from other local authorities except through the chief executive or clerk of his own council . |
| 6 | He must not take part in the consideration or discussion of the matter or vote upon it . |
| 7 | The acknowledgement of service enables the defendant 's solicitor to correct any misnomer in the writ unless , of course , it is so fundamental that he might not accept service at all . |
| 8 | Mr Vernon admitted that he could not do justice to all the fund raising efforts of the year , but would nonetheless like to congratulate the organisers of the four local appeals in Lincolnshire , Filey , the Mersey area and Derbyshire who all reached and surpassed their targets in 1990 . |
| 9 | Manjiku was the creature who wanted to be a woman ; the beast that stole children for his own because he could not give birth to them himself . |
| 10 | He was troubled , I could see , because , being unable to share these memories , he could not disentangle truth from fiction or creative embellishment from accurate detail . |
| 11 | It is one of civil politeness with the inn keeper realising that he could not beat Turnour in a fight and so he is prepared to bend under Turnour 's will as shown by his ‘ almost ’ friendliness when telling Turnour about his house and his asking of when Turnour would like to eat . |
| 12 | She was his straight , his shining Emmie — he could not bear dishonesty in her . |
| 13 | Forbidden suicide by his religion , he could not induce death by , for instance , agitating his pierced hands and feet until loss of blood carried him away . |
| 14 | Thus , for example , when meeting the TUC General Council in January 1942 he warned that he could not put money towards the elderly ‘ at the cost of the children ’ and that he had to give them ‘ fair treatment without ruining the country ’ . |
| 15 | He could not obtain compensation from the person who had caused the accident and sued his employer for failing to provide insurance or advising him of the need to take out insurance . |
| 16 | One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy . |
| 17 | Moreover , since venereal disease was contracted by a man at his own risk he could not claim protection from the medical arm of the state . |
| 18 | She was smiling , and Paul suddenly realised that he could not take money from her . |
| 19 | He could not take refuge in a timely snooze . |
| 20 | 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 … |
| 21 | And he 'd not offer harm to me , I think But you , lassie-' once more I was promoted from ‘ Miss Fenemore ’ — ‘ there 's no need for you to fear him coming to the cottage , even though he has a boat and could get into the bay without anyone seeing him . |
| 22 | They were the one side he dare not lose sight of and United are off to Highbury at the weekend only four points adrift . |
| 23 | On 16 April he resigned his directorship of Balston Ltd and it was agreed that he need not attend work during the remainder of the notice period . |
| 24 | Franks led them through some swing doors with a flourish and into another corridor , explaining that normally he would not waste money by taking them to a full editing suite . |
| 25 | The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use . |
| 26 | Edward for his part had to accommodate himself to political and financial realities , and was prepared to compromise with the commons in return for taxes , though he would not give way on the fundamental issue of the right to choose his own councillors . |
| 27 | he would not commit conversion by making jam of strawberries if that were the only mode of preserving them . |
| 28 | Despite an earlier commitment to abide by the result , Savimbi indicated on Sept. 30 that he would not accept defeat as the outcome of the elections . |
| 29 | He was not like her own father ; he would not discuss business in front of women . |
| 30 | But one well-placed Cabinet source did say privately that he would not put money on it ; there was no such thing as an easy answer to current problems ; and that ERM entry would be tantamount to jumping from ‘ the puddle and into the pond ’ . |