Example sentences of "not [vb pp] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought that Craig might have lost some votes because people had not forgiven his voluntary coalition heresy but recognized that , had Craig emulated Paisley and created a reputation as an active constituency MP , he would have retained the seat . |
| 2 | This delay suggests that he had not intended his angry words to be taken literally , but at least one of his sons was clearly capable of making trouble , while claiming to be doing no more than carrying out his father 's wishes . |
| 3 | The scale of his windows and free-standing or hanging glass assemblages has not overwhelmed his lyrical impulse and painter 's training and approach . |
| 4 | Had been told that the Prince , his son , had not visited his new wife 's bed for several days , and not through pressure of work . |
| 5 | Many clerics have not accepted his overnight promotion to the rank of ayatollah . |
| 6 | Your political editor has inadequately researched his statement that the Prime Minister ‘ has not made his religious views known ’ ( report of 20 March ) . |
| 7 | Their Lordships are satisfied with the course taken by the trial judge and are further satisfied that the adverse effect on the jury from the defendant 's point of view was in the end no greater than it would have been if counsel had not made his improper observation . |
| 8 | Brian himself , had he not done his National Service , would , arguably , still be working at Pitts and Harley and might have continued to work there until 1982 when this ancient , well-established firm closed , with the loss of six hundred jobs . |
| 9 | Balbinder , who had been excluded from all deliberations about his future , had not seen his new school yet . |
| 10 | Allen has not seen his adopted daughter since the allegations of child molesting exploded in August and is only allowed to see his natural son , four-year-old Satchel , twice a week while the custody battle continues . |
| 11 | THE country 's top aristocrat , the Duke of Marlborough , has still not seen his only grandson and future heir . |
| 12 | He had not had his usual nap , so surely the rhythm of the car would lull him ? |
| 13 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 14 | Out of sight , shielded by riot and revelry and now a quarter of a century older , lurks the poet who boasted he had not shown his young mug in Poor People : the sober laborious craftsman determined that his tone shall save everything . |
| 15 | 3.10:TOP weight Shoon Wind has not shown his best form for quite some time , while recent Sedgefield second Galadine is nothing special . |
| 16 | ‘ He is a smashing , modest lad who has not shown his full repertoire yet . |
| 17 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 18 | The fortune-teller had obviously not appreciated his good looks , Nigel thought . |
| 19 | ‘ A guide who has not encountered his own passions , his own inner conflicts , who does not truly know his darkness and his light , will be of no value in the spiritual battle . ’ |
| 20 | … [ He ] has never abandoned his aims for a Union of West African Soviet Socialist Republics and has not abandoned his foreign affiliations connected with these aims . ’ |
| 21 | Annoyed at the fellow leaping up and down like a jack-in-the-box , wishing that he could escape as easily , and regretful that he had not demanded his urgent message for somewhat earlier , the Prince of Wales shifted uneasily in his plush upright seat in the ballroom to which they had adjourned . |
| 22 | Afterwards he decided that his intense preoccupation with politics and the Liberal Party had not represented his true conviction . |
| 23 | But Mr Leonard 's injuries could have been much worse if a mystery middle-aged man had not risked his own safety and stopped the thugs ' attack . |
| 24 | She had not acknowledged his cheerful greeting that morning , but had , nevertheless , put the dinner invitation safely away in her bag . |
| 25 | Fleury had not finished his first cup when this happened . |
| 26 | He had promised the Abbey buildings to Anne of Cleves , but had not put his Royal seal to the document , leaving Anne in something of a predicament after his death . |
| 27 | Some time later Philip wrote to say that , although he had not put his own name forward for consideration , he himself had been invited to be the official biographer and had accepted . |
| 28 | Of many cup-painters the greatest , perhaps , with Onesimos , is one who worked regularly with a potter Brygos but has not left his own name , so the Brygos Painter . |
| 29 | And although he is a teetotal sabbatarian lay preacher who now attends the Church of God , Seawright has not allowed his religious principles to come between himself and working-class loyalists who do not share his temperance and sabbatarianism . |
| 30 | Tweed was relieved the American had not lost his rare sense of humour . |