Example sentences of "he do not [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not however assemble the parts — perhaps because it would have involved , to be consistent , a complete revision of all his earlier work . |
| 2 | As usual on such occasions , Molyneaux looked a little embarrassed and out of place , as if he did not particularly relish the ‘ glad-handing ’ of strangers . |
| 3 | He did not openly support the maintenance of the power of the House of Lords to veto legislation but he seemed to do so implicitly since he expressed concern that the authority of the Lords had been ‘ gravely diminished ’ He did , however , explicitly propose the introduction of proportional representation arguing that it ‘ may sometimes secure a hearing in the House of Commons for opinions which , though containing a good deal of truth , command little or comparatively little popularity ’ . |
| 4 | Savouring the sweet taste of his victory , he did not even acknowledge the Controller 's presence by so much as a glance in his direction . |
| 5 | Corbett said the ‘ Miserere ’ and ‘ Requiem ’ realising he did not even know the man 's name . |
| 6 | Although the pension was later popularly known as the ‘ Lloyd George ’ he did not strictly deserve the credit . |
| 7 | He may have meant the general composition of what had been the whole great building : who is to say that he did not also intend the look , smell , feel and silence of these stones ? |
| 8 | ( A famous actor interviewed recently on the radio said that , when he had learned his part in a play , he did not just know the words he had to say but where the new paragraphs came and when he had to turn the page of the script . |
| 9 | Lothar 's biographer in the Gesta makes the point that following Celestine 's death he did not immediately join the cardinals assembled in the Septizonium , but attended first the exequies , or funeral rites , for the dead pope , which were taking place in the Lateran basilica . |
| 10 | It is curious , therefore , that he did not immediately exploit the worthwhile gains that had been made on the right . |
| 11 | Although he did not completely discard the astrological concept of destiny , Plutarch argued that there was a place in it for contingency . |
| 12 | As he had once said , he did not really have the temperament of a gunner . |
| 13 | He did not really understand the conversation , but he knew that the Woman was being attacked . |
| 14 | This led to a deep conflict within himself which carried with it the handicap that he did not really understand the ordinary world , was remote from everyday life , and so lacked balance . |
| 15 | He did not quite make the grade and said he was happy to come home after missing all last year . |
| 16 | Paisley had acquired some further support for his reputation for prophecy by his prediction of the introduction of direct rule and he did not publicly regret the end of Stormont . |
| 17 | Freud 's difficulties arose because he did not fully appreciate the need for co-operation between patient and therapist : he was inclined to treat his patients as docile subjects with little or no role to play . |
| 18 | He did not greatly mind the lack of light . |
| 19 | Anna thought he did not much notice the country , earth , growing things ; but then he had not observed city things much , either . |
| 20 | Like some others of his generation around the Shah , he did not much like the Queen . |
| 21 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 22 | His Lordship would hesitate long before holding that Parliament intended the Home Secretary to have authority either covertly to censor programmes or to require broadcasting authorities to present news programmes otherwise than with due accuracy and impartiality , but he did not so read the power . |
| 23 | Apollinaire , on the other hand , although he did not entirely understand the nature of Braque 's new development and failed to realize that even though Braque was beginning to paint largely from memory , his work was still often related directly to his models , instinctively realized that Braque had accomplished something important and original . |
| 24 | He did not specifically mention the party , but , since all the top personnel of these organizations are party members , its involvement is clearly implied . |
| 25 | He did not actually touch the substance , but , in the absence of adequate safety measures , he was likely to inhale microparticles . |
| 26 | Is not the truth of the matter not only that the Secretary of State is doing nothing about the housing needs of the service men and women who will be made redundant , but that he does not even know the facts ? |
| 27 | By the law of the land , not only does he possess none of it , he does not even have the right to own any of it . |
| 28 | It is significant that in his affidavit evidence the debtor criticises the quality of the advice he received , but he does not otherwise query the reasonableness of the charges . |
| 29 | In general , a potential X does not have all the rights of an X. Prince Charles is a potential King of England , but he does not now have the rights of a king . |
| 30 | When Lacan speaks of the Other , he does not only mean the world of concrete others , but indicates an outside symbolic field of language which we are inserted into . |