Example sentences of "do not [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did not go to his church . |
| 2 | When he did not return to his hotel in the evening , Captain Trevor , a local man , bravely organized a search party . |
| 3 | There was little time left before his meeting with Merymose , so he did not return to his house , but took a circuitous route which would bring him to their rendezvous at the moment the sun touched the top of the western cliffs . |
| 4 | The interesting thing is that while Applegarth did not return to his trade , or to the union movement , he retained his political radicalism to the end of his days : for another fifty years . |
| 5 | Next morning he seemed to remember nothing of the night 's experiences , and Tess did not refer to his sleepwalking . |
| 6 | He had a written employment contract , but it did not refer to his place of work . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When Richard did not respond to his greeting except by frowning and then turning away , Hugh remained undismayed . |
| 9 | This snappily dressed , half-smiling man with something of the looks of the young Cary Grant about him did not approximate to his vision of a psychiatrist . |
| 10 | Gwendolen sitting next to him did not object to his silence . |
| 11 | Both Mr. Workman and Miss Davies deposed to the fact that Mr. Whitehead , Mr. Bell 's solicitor , accepted that the matter could properly be adjourned until Monday , 19 February and that Mr. Whitehead did not object to his client being remanded in custody until that date . |
| 12 | It did not come to his mind to murder any of them ; it was not his way , or the way he had been raised , to take life in cold blood , without a formal challenge or warning , without the necessary ritual preparation for combat and maybe death . |
| 13 | ( 4 ) The limiting words ‘ in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown ’ leave the court free to order a witness to give evidence notwithstanding that at the relevant time he was an officer or servant of the Crown , if the matters in respect of which he is to give evidence did not come to his notice in that capacity , for example , the civil servant who , when on holiday or at home , happens to witness a road traffic accident . |
| 14 | The surgeon apparently did not listen to his patient or respect her bodily integrity . |
| 15 | Then he did n't speak to his wife again for eight days . |
| 16 | They did n't reply to his greeting . |
| 17 | It did n't compare to his effort , but it had a certain naïve charm . |
| 18 | He did n't talk to his wife , who died at the age of thirty-three , having borne him nine sons . |
| 19 | ‘ Thomas did n't go to his brother 's funeral ? ’ |
| 20 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |
| 21 | Oh I suppose he 's invested it wrongly or whatever I do n't know I I can understand why they did n't come to his rescue , you know , I mean , they 've got their livelihood to think about and he was a bachelor where as they 've got children , or and he 's brothers and they 're |
| 22 | But Tom did n't respond to his sister 's words . |
| 23 | Meredith did n't respond to his attempt to lighten the conversation but merely sat staring at him thoughtfully . |
| 24 | The thing about Back is that you do n't refer to his stature when within ear-shot . |
| 25 | It is significant , for example , that Nizan does not refer to his literature as " socialist realist " , but rather as " revolutionary " . |
| 26 | It is important to stress that this dispute with Marx does not extend to his analysis of the mode of production or to the significance that he gives to knowledge as a relation of production . |
| 27 | A plaintiff has only four calendar months ( six if leave to serve out of the jurisdiction is required under RSC Ord 11 ) , in which to serve the writ and if he does not serve it within that period the fact that the last day is a Sunday , when it can not be served , does not come to his aid . |
| 28 | But Jacob still does not belong to his world . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Sapt said , ‘ but if he does n't get to his coronation today , there 'll never be a coronation for him . |
| 30 | He does n't lie to his wife any more . |