Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also deduction of the Fund 's initial charge ( where applicable ) means that if an investor withdraws from his investment in the short term he may not get back the amount he originally invested . |
| 2 | They say he may not live out the summer . ’ |
| 3 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 4 | On another low table by the wall there was an inexpensive stereo unit and some uneven stacks of records ; he could n't make out the details on the posters on the wall above the unit , but they might have been Escher prints . |
| 5 | ‘ He could n't go out the front door to play without being mugged . ’ |
| 6 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 7 | If he could n't keep up the whacked — out , languid image , you feel he 'd be ripping himself apart with guilt and recriminations . |
| 8 | But the maddest thing , Anton , how he was and what was happening to him , he could not scream out the shame of it . |
| 9 | He contemplated becoming a teacher and giving up acting , except he could not shake off the desire . |
| 10 | ‘ Early days maybe , as the physician said — he could not rule out the possibility . |
| 11 | County homicide chief , Lieutenant John Tenwolde said he could not rule out the possibility that Mr Spiro had also been a victim of his family 's killer . |
| 12 | He could not take over the South Metropolitan until a suitable post had been found for Mr. Mason . |
| 13 | Mr Smith said that he had sought an undertaking yesterday from Mr Major that he would not carry out the ‘ disgraceful ’ policy of making children and pensioners pay for prescriptions . |
| 14 | He would not rule out the possibility of more redundancies after the Mergers and Monopolies Commission publishes its report on competition in the gas market in two months . |
| 15 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 16 | He would n't get out the bloody way . |
| 17 | Taking the piss and w he would n't get out the bloody way and I 'm trying to get through with that rack . |
| 18 | He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else . |
| 19 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 20 | He ca n't find out the address . |
| 21 | The Ford has a more aerodynamic shape than the Mercedes , which means better fuel consumption , and he will not rule out the possibility of switching to Transits at 3.5 tonnes at some stage . |
| 22 | In 1992 a future king renounces the wife he no longer loves but says he wo n't give up the throne . |
| 23 | He suffers from gout , but he wo n't give up the port , you know . |
| 24 | ‘ He wo n't divide up the chess books , ’ Mrs Polgar said . |
| 25 | The England manager , upset by the way his comments were interpreted after the European championship , has gone on record as saying that he is mis-understood , that he can not shake off the association with the long ball game from his formative years at Watford . |
| 26 | President Clinton says he can not rule out the possibility of further action against Iraq following the row over the UN 's role as observer . |