Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles had almost certainly not witnessed his father 's effective deposition , but he now looked on while " faithful " bishops reclothed the emperor in his royal robes and rearmed him with his weapons . |
| 2 | Though Premier John Major has said he will not sack his chancellor before the Spring Budget its is very likely he will be forced to dismiss him soon after . |
| 3 | Nigel was paid for his work , but he hated not seeing his piece in print . |
| 4 | ‘ I missed not being able to put the stocking on the end of his bed like I always did , and not seeing his face when he woke up . |
| 5 | He has not forgiven his mother . |
| 6 | Instead of threatening Cumani , the punter with the violent rather than lucky streak should be kicking himself for not biding his time before backing Shellac . |
| 7 | It was true that Naylor Massingham had apparently said to Travis 's mother that Travis was a big lad now , but Travis was hurting like the devil inside and was consequently not handling his unhappiness and loneliness in a very ‘ big lad ’ fashion . |
| 8 | He castigated the illustrator of Time Wasted Away for not bringing his work in line with that of Miss [ sic ] Vanessa Bell and , among other things , for depicting the sun as an eight-pointed starfish in the sky . |
| 9 | While chromatic notes more often than not make his harmony directional , they are never used to excess and always relate to the words . |
| 10 | The Cambridge philosopher of religion on the board refused to vote for Ramsey for he did not think his work up to standard — the Cambridge philosophers never forgave the ‘ irrationality ’ which was a streak in his first and most original book . |
| 11 | Hoomey , for a moment or two , was tempted to say , ‘ Come back with me and we 'll watch the soccer replay on the box , ’ but he did not think his mother would approve of Nails — not if she knew . |
| 12 | Although he was engaged in a heated discussion with a journalist about the way the tour of Korea had been reported , it is unlikely that he would have said anything that he did not think his employer , the Princess of Wales , wanted known . |
| 13 | because he 's not using his time well . |
| 14 | It is possible , too , that in striking the rock as he was told to do in Exodus 17 Moses this time has further infringed the divine command , though nothing was said explicitly about him not using his rod in that way . |
| 15 | And he made a noise as if he were splitting wood , and I was astonished that he did not dislocate his shoulder , and the vigour of his arm terrified me … |
| 16 | Now what the Capitulary of Thionville actually says is : ‘ When famine or plague occurs , men should not wait for our edict but should straightway pray to God for his mercy ; as to scarcity of food in this present year , let each man help his own people as best he can , and not sell his corn at too high a price . ’ |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Taylor 's ‘ boss ’ Peter Swales last night insisted the public revelation of the England manager 's feud with Lineker will not affect his position . |
| 18 | It would be independent of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) structure , but Kohl said that the co-operation with France would not affect his country 's commitments to NATO and Mitterrand said that the corps was not meant as a rival to NATO . |
| 19 | What is , however , essential is that Posidonius was very worried about the social turbulence of his time , even if it did not affect his home island , Rhodes , as seriously as the Greek mainland . |
| 20 | These might include the character and needs of an area , but could not encapsulate the terms on which an applicant would conduct his business if those terms did not affect his fitness to hold the licence . |
| 21 | L. K. Advani , president of the Bharatiya Janata Party , on whose parliamentary support Janata Dal depended , also voiced support , while E. M. S. Namboodiripad , general secretary of the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) , another source of essential parliamentary support , expressed the view that the affair was an internal matter which would not affect his party 's attitude to the government . |
| 22 | And he said the less grandiose surrounding would not affect his judgment . |
| 23 | He said that the few holes they had dug and refilled would not affect his crop and , more importantly , they were the best ‘ scarecrows ’ he 'd ever known ! |
| 24 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 25 | Last week Bruno pleaded with Lewis not to risk his title and their giant pay day by going to America to meet Tucker . |
| 26 | He would not make his judgement blind , |
| 27 | He did not make his pile opening bazaars you feel sure . |
| 28 | Why then did Anselm not make his support of Henry conditional on concessions for the liberty of the Church comparable to the charter of liberties which the baronage had obtained ? |
| 29 | Anselm supported Henry , and he did not make his support conditional on Henry 's acceptance of the new papal decrees . |
| 30 | He was gelded and given time to mature a little before being asked to race , and he did not make his debut until 23 February 1929 . |