Example sentences of "he [verb] not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him . |
| 32 | He did not want another woman , not even as emetic . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | No , he did not want this strange , wild boy at all . |
| 35 | He did not want any trouble in his respectable hostelry , and both customers were touchy . |
| 36 | Under fire for his handling of the economy and his personal finances , Mr Lamont said he did not want any other Government job . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | He said , on repeated occasions , that he did not want any more families . |
| 39 | ‘ He did not want any friends , ’ John Openshaw went on , ‘ and he often drank a lot . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 ) . |
| 42 | He did not feed this to the eagles but sat and ate it himself , and spent more time staring into the deserted depths of Minch 's cage than any other . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | As Charlie was forbidden the A.R.R.U. , he did not stay pale-green long . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | But the man behind the burger deal , cathedral chapter clerk Christopher Owen , said yesterday : ‘ He did not make any objection to this particular promotion . ’ |
| 47 | He did not make any attempt to eliminate from his voice his complete disbelief in what he was saying . |
| 48 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
| 49 | He did not speak all the way . |
| 50 | He did not last six months . |
| 51 | He did not answer that straight away . |
| 52 | He did not answer this anxiety , feeling no cruelty in letting it dangle . |
| 53 | He did not answer this question . |
| 54 | 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 ) . |
| 55 | ‘ Because he did not deliver all the papers . |
| 56 | He did not offer any alternative explanation for apparent design , but left the question open . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | 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 . |