Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 2 | He does not do this by behaving as if it were his personal project , but by quietly ensuring that things get done as decided . |
| 3 | Unlike Mr Melding , he does not regard this campaign as a stepping stone on the route to Westminster , but sees it as an extension of his involvement in local politics . |
| 4 | He does not mention this book , but he does quote Lewis to the effect that ‘ nearly all our older poetry was written and read by men to whom the distinction between poetry and rhetoric , in its modern form , would have been meaningless . ’ |
| 5 | I think there must be a period for a start when the office or elsewhere is a bit on the nervous and inefficient side as smokers are deprived , but he does not mention this . |
| 6 | However , he does not justify this suggestion by giving the criteria for classifying a mode of expression as a rhetorical device . |
| 7 | The irregularity of Cnut 's relationship with Harold 's mother possibly influenced some : the Encomiast claims that Archbishop Æthelnoth refused to crown him , although he does not connect this with Harold 's birth . |
| 8 | When her husband returns , she first pretends that the cat has taken them , but when he does not believe this reassures him that the birds are being kept hot and that he should fetch his knife to cut them . |
| 9 | However , he does not have this negative interpretation of all events or all the time — otherwise he would be permanently depressed . |
| 10 | He does not agree this could be harmful . |
| 11 | It is no good the hon. Member for Epping Forest showing concern if he does not understand this , because it will be empty concern . |
| 12 | But he does not adopt this alternative , and his criticism of needs is in fact part of a much more fundamental attack on classical economics . |
| 13 | He does not like this business of not telling Claire . |
| 14 | What Coetzee 's work suggests , and it is a pity he does not pursue this point fully , is that in Britain before 1914 the potential fragmentation of the political right was contained . |
| 15 | If he does n't do this within the deadline period you then have a year and a day in which to ask the court for an extract decree to be issued . |
| 16 | But Nicholas Doig says he does n't find this a particular problem . |
| 17 | He does n't know this area . |