Example sentences of "his [noun sg] does [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fine polish of his technique does not disguise the music 's refinements : this is playing of the utmost subtlety , strength and thoughtful insight . |
| 2 | If his heart does n't give out , thought Frances , for Miss Greedy Eyes dropped her hands and boogied away and what could he do but follow , flinging his arms and legs up and down like a puppet . |
| 3 | Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " . |
| 4 | He is right , though his play does not leave his audiences with much of a zest for battle . |
| 5 | His paintbrush does not lie — this countryside is idyllic . |
| 6 | His contract does n't finish until next July |
| 7 | The Minister decried the fact that the Film Censorship Board in his Ministry does not have the power to stop private screening of pornographic films in homes and video clubs . |
| 8 | No one but me knows he is smiling because his mouth does not move . |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the draft guidance issued by his Department does not require local authorities to be of any particular size to deliver an effective and efficient service ? |
| 10 | After Edward 's departure for England in 1274 Tany 's powers and authority as seneschal were carefully defined , but his rule does not appear to have been successful . |
| 11 | His boss does n't mind , in fact she often turns up to listen . |
| 12 | Foucault emphasizes that his work does not lay claim to universal or general categories , nor is it even homogeneous , a presupposition that , as he has shown , has less to do with the work as such than the critical construction of its ‘ author ’ . |
| 13 | Consequently , his Franck does not subscribe to the stop/go school of interpretation favoured by some conductors . |
| 14 | His generosity does not abide by our rules . |
| 15 | If he is sterile in the handling of his attack — sometimes key bowlers wheel away until they drop — it is because his nature does not allow the experiment of risk . |
| 16 | If he is sterile in the handling of his attack — sometimes key bowlers wheel away until they drop — it is because his nature does not allow the experiment of risk . |
| 17 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 18 | He will not take a decision on his own that his team does not respect , so colleagues find him caring and tolerant . |
| 19 | His imagination does not stop there but builds around it an architectural setting and a distant landscape . |
| 20 | He is far better on the art of his own time , particularly on Miró : ‘ Miro 's miracle is not in his breathing , but in that his surface does not end up heavy and material , like cement or tar of mayonnaise , but airy , light , clean , radiant , like the Mediterranean itself . |
| 21 | Much of his career in fact seems to have been devoted to Amazon-slaying , but it is significant that if heroes like Heracles represent the revolt of the son against the phallic mother then they also give evidence of their dependency on her when we find our hero forced to don women 's garb and do women 's work as proof of his love for the Lydian queen Omphale , while she wears his lion 's skin , brandishes his club and spanks him with her slipper if his handiwork does not please her . |
| 22 | Though his name does not appear , it was written by William Crowe ( 1745–1829 ) , who was at one time rector of Stoke Abbott in Dorset . |
| 23 | His name does not appear in university records of the time , but in September 1775 he was ordained in London , and appointed to curacies first at Tideswell , and in the following year at Wirksworth , also in Derbyshire , but at double the stipend , £60 p.a . |
| 24 | She was accompanied to England by a young page — his name does not concern us . |
| 25 | But his evidence does not read to his discredit nearly so much as to the discredit of the committee . |
| 26 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
| 27 | But he must worry that if his wife does not succeed in the party elections scheduled for March , then his own authority will be badly diminished . |
| 28 | JEREMY Irons says his wife does n't worry when she sees him in sexy scenes on the big screen because she knows he 's not that good . |
| 29 | Tony Smith 's a bigamist and his wife does n't like it and Miranda ‘ s on the game and claiming . |
| 30 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |