Example sentences of "not [vb infin] his [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He would not make his judgement blind , |
| 3 | He did not make his pile opening bazaars you feel sure . |
| 4 | Anselm supported Henry , and he did not make his support conditional on Henry 's acceptance of the new papal decrees . |
| 5 | The idea being conveyed by such notions as the surrender of private judgment … is that in obeying , say , a command simply because it comes from someone accorded the right to rule , the subject does not make his obedience conditional on his own personal examination and evaluation of the thing he is being asked to do . |
| 6 | SINGER Stevie Wonder was jubilant yesterday after a San Francisco appeals court ruled he did not steal his hit song I Just Called To Say I Love You . |
| 7 | I told him I did not know his friend Bill and the breakfast was for a man who was staying at the inn . |
| 8 | For instance , a board member whose own firm is on the wrong side of a squeeze should not misuse his board position to try and break the squeeze . |
| 9 | He would like to think , he said , that his mind will not wander to the race at Aintree in the next few days , that he will not run it through his mind , that it will not permeate his waking life . |
| 10 | Philip will not base his television show on Paul Daniels , whom he dislikes for intimidating members of the audience chosen for tricks . |
| 11 | It also takes the Treasury to task over its intention to create a new offence which will be committed by any person acting in the course of any trade , business or profession who does not report his money laundering suspicions . |
| 12 | Yet what brought Edward to heel temporarily at least — was a baronial threat that they might have to find another king if he would not keep his coronation oath , which in their minds meant observing the Ordinances . |
| 13 | He does not spend his welfare money on his family as he should do , instead he spends it on drink for himself . |
| 14 | We may reasonably assume from Franco 's portly appearance throughout the " hungry years " that dolphin sandwiches and low-quality fish did not constitute his staple diet . |
| 15 | Even when the Senate 's own inquiry reported that his charges were ‘ a fraud and a hoax ’ it did not stop his rocket rise to influence . |
| 16 | For he will not miss his evening class or his choir practice for a woman . |
| 17 | A member who made less than 10 per cent of the average number of dealings in the year immediately preceding the general meeting may not exercise his voting right . |
| 18 | But in his tax speeches he is the earnest bank manager , unable to speak succinctly and dramatically , to grip people who do not have his bean-counter Treasury mind . |
| 19 | As Australia 's forward coach , Evans did great work when he helped Alan Jones but the season before last he could not complete his coaching contract with the Gordon Club in Sydney because of his illness . |
| 20 | Indeed , in Merton 's two only ‘ proper ’ jobs , his propensity for sudden comic interludes did not accelerate his career path . |
| 21 | On this the farm worker is most scathing : fresh air does not pay his electricity bill . |
| 22 | The first time I did not pay his passage money . |
| 23 | It goes without saying that his accomplishments did not match his campaign rhetoric — taxes were increased , the state budget more than doubled while he was in office and there were no significant reductions in the size of the state workforce yet his ‘ record in Sacramento is generally regarded as favorable ’ . |
| 24 | But in their place , Law did not fill his shadow cabinet with assertive businessmen . |
| 25 | Strange that he should not support his hometown club do nt you think ? |
| 26 | But he came back to a letter from dole chiefs telling him he would not get his income support cash for the 2 1/2 weeks he was away . |
| 27 | He said Munn got involved in the plan after meeting two men in a pub in Belfast and ‘ bemoaning ’ he could not afford his car insurance after a court appearance for non-payment . |
| 28 | It is pointless telling a toddler that if he does not hit his sister Mummy will play with him tomorrow . |
| 29 | She did n't see his face change , eyes lighting with anger , rejection ; the first she knew was when he knocked his plate crashing across the room and yelled , ‘ To hell with you , then ! ’ |
| 30 | Mr Webb says the row wo n't stop his fund raising activities — but he thinks the hospital should refund the money it spent , so that it can be put towards other needy projects . |