Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A process so hedged about with medical mystery and old wives ' tales that no man was allowed to share in it now became an experience he must not miss for the world . |
| 2 | His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now . |
| 3 | He could not lecture for the Archbishop of Canterbury because he was already committed to lecture for the Archbishop of York . |
| 4 | He could not plan for the way of the wind , that was luck , but for the rest he had everything at his finger-ends . |
| 5 | We came here to Siena , where I have been before , though to a different house , to visit my husband who accompanied the Brownings last month , the doctor having ordered Mrs Browning to be taken out of this city or he would not answer for the consequences . |
| 6 | It goes on to say ‘ though he stumble he shall not fall for the Lord upholds him with his hand ’ . |
| 7 | David Boren , the Oklahoma Democrat who holds the swing vote on the committee , has already made it clear that he will not vote for the current package , dubbing it ‘ Stimulus 2 ’ , a reference to Mr Clinton 's ill-fated emergency spending package . |
| 8 | John Breaux , a Louisiana senator who also sits on the Finance Committee , is too close to the president and the treasury secretary , Lloyd Bentsen , to be as outspoken as Mr Boren , but he will not vote for the BTU tax as it stands , and prefers a straightforward petrol tax . |
| 9 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
| 10 | He can not write for the papers or take part in television programmes and his sole opportunities in public are sharing the replies at question time and answering for the government in adjournment and sometimes in wider debates which concern his ministry . |
| 11 | He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals . |
| 12 | Again , if the seller has granted the buyer credit , he can not sue for the price before the end of the agreed credit period ; until then the buyer 's failure to pay is not wrongful . |