Example sentences of "he do [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
2 | In evidence to the UK House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs on July 11 , 1990 , Francis Maude , then a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with special responsibilities for Hong Kong , stated that with regard to the influx of Vietnamese " boat people " into the colony , he did not exclude mandatory repatriation in future and said that the voluntary scheme was working well . |
3 | Derek Young was exceptionally controlled in his demeanour and general behaviour , unconsciously fearing another disaster like the loss of his brother if he did not exercise sufficient control . |
4 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
5 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
6 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
7 | His tone suggested that he did not pin much faith in this being the case . |
8 | Johnson 's famous comment about Kit Smart suggests that some people were actually content with their dirt : ‘ Another charge was , that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it ’ . |
9 | He did not want another woman , not even as emetic . |
10 | He gave the two armed men on the slaves ' camp orders not to leave their posts , as he did not want more hands taking advantage of the confusion to run away and join the maroons infesting Oualie nearby . |
11 | He did not want any services and did not see counselling help as a service a social worker might offer , nor did he want to share any grieving for his wife . |
12 | ‘ He did not want any friends , ’ John Openshaw went on , ‘ and he often drank a lot . |
13 | He promised in the Chamber that he did not want any volunteers to be turned away from offering their service , and I am sure that he will do his best to keep that promise . |
14 | President Jaime Paz Zamora , claiming that he did not want any confusion between " electoral campaigning and government work " , accepted the resignations of three other ADN ministers and one from the Left Revolutionary Front ( FRI ) . |
15 | He did not want any trouble in his respectable hostelry , and both customers were touchy . |
16 | A Commons committee decided yesterday not to accept Mr Lamont 's claim that he did not break any rules by using the cash to evict sex therapist Sara Dale from his London home . |
17 | But since his principal concern was with the psychological effect of poetry on the reader , he did not carry this sort of analysis very far . |
18 | But the man behind the burger deal , cathedral chapter clerk Christopher Owen , said yesterday : ‘ He did not make any objection to this particular promotion . ’ |
19 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
20 | He did not make any attempt to eliminate from his voice his complete disbelief in what he was saying . |
21 | He did not last six months . |
22 | He did not answer this question . |
23 | He did not answer this anxiety , feeling no cruelty in letting it dangle . |
24 | There was not a lot of point in bringing these gifts , since her father 's allotment kept them well supplied with fresh vegetables ( although he did not grow sweet peas , considering them more trouble than they were worth ) . |
25 | Yet , faced with the necessity for resolute leadership , at this time of trial , Sir Patrick could only declare his satisfaction with the present policy and say he did not anticipate many changes . |
26 | Talking to reporters in Magherafelt , the scene of the latest bombing last night , Sir Patrick said he was satisfied the present security policy was adequate and he did not anticipate many changes . |
27 | Besides , being so late in the season he did not anticipate any difficulty ; although there was something else to which he had not given any thought . |
28 | On the domestic front , the General turned over more power to Pompidou than he had done before 1965 , although he did not abandon domestic politics entirely . |
29 | He did not go last year because he had dinner with Bank of England Governor , Sir Robin Leigh-Pemberton . |
30 | Certainly he did not regard large-scale state intervention as having any effect except in the very long term , since the causal conditions are located ultimately in cultural attitudes , not in the factors on which state intervention operates . |