Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These two limbs are essential to a candidate 's training and he ought not to become a corporate member until he satisfies both requirements . ’
2 Sinqe , who holds his country 's national record of 2hr 8min 4sec , was due to run his first marathon outside the republic in the NutraSweet-sponsored event on 18 April but London organisers were left fuming when they discovered he had run a marathon in Japan a fortnight ago in defiance of his contract which stipulated that he should not run a competitive marathon within 90 days of the big race .
3 If he did , he might not get a satisfactory answer .
4 Two unresolved issues fuel speculation that he might not receive a fair trial .
5 Davenport asked for a move last month because he could n't get a first team chance .
6 It sounded such a stilted way to put it , but he could n't find a different approach at the moment .
7 Subsequently the council 's own officers told the inquiry that a pedestrian had been killed on Hollyhurst Road because he could n't find a safe place to cross , that ambulances struggle to get down Hollyhurst Road in emergencies , that residents cars are blocked in their drives and that buses have to drop off in the middle of the road .
8 He could n't remember a single record , track or tape played .
9 He could n't remember a single !
10 ‘ Ahh , he could n't catch a bloody cold , ’ snapped Yanto and carried the drinks back into the snug .
11 Bloke may have been able to read minds , but he could n't read a bleeding contract .
12 ‘ Some stoutly affirmed that as Head of the Church of England he could not marry a divorced woman .
13 One consequence was that Pitt had to float special government loans at high discounts , because he could not secure a sufficient sum from the " market " .
14 But on March 20th , a week before the hearing was due , he withdrew his request , saying that he could not expect a fair hearing from the governor and had no wish to take part in an ‘ empty game ’ .
15 Although Gaitskell at first stood his ground , it was obvious that , in the face of obstruction from the industry , he could not make a sensible price policy stick , and in July he announced the abandonment of the Clow surcharge .
16 Hunt reported on 14th December , 1858 that he had found that the site was just adequate , but he could not make a precise calculation until the accommodation requirements had been considered further by the India Office and the space required by the Foreign Office had been settled .
17 As Harry squeezed through the ruck to order another pint , he could not suppress a private smile at Minter 's expense .
18 ‘ Markham received help for two years , but with new applicants coming along it was felt he could not receive a third grant . ’
19 He could not follow a single text of the Gita .
20 But he could not forestall a major parliamentary outcry on the news of McGregor 's appointment .
21 Yet this man found himself unloved , in that he demanded so much from his friends that he could not find a close , enduring relationship to satisfy him .
22 He could not resist a faint smile creeping over his face .
23 There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking .
24 When conscription was introduced , he could not plead a conscientious objection to war in general .
25 Assessing his father retrospectively with a mixture of filial compassion and uncompromising lucidity , Nizan remarked : My father depicted culture as power and wealth , as the one thing that he did not have and without which he could not become a bourgeois .
26 Therefore he could not claim a good title by raising an estoppel against the true owner .
27 Their move follows a judge 's protest this week that he could not imprison a 13-year-old torturer who carved his initials on a boy 's back .
28 Then , almost so certain as to be positive that he could not abide a clinging type of woman , she hooked her arm through his .
29 Escalating what was described as a " financial war " with Singapore , the head of the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange warned on Dec. 29 , 1989 , that he would not recognize a new market in Malaysian shares about to be launched in Singapore .
30 He still had a lot more to write but , considering that he was bowing out with Telemachus , he thought that he would not leave a negligible oeuvre behind him .
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