Example sentences of "his [noun] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sister did n't need anger at the moment , and it was only his concern that had allowed it to escape . |
| 2 | Charles and his contemporaries did not appeal for authority to individual judgement or experience : instead they invoked shared role-models and peer-group pressure . |
| 3 | But most of his contemporaries did not share his hopeful vision of ‘ good old age . ’ |
| 4 | Luckily for the bachelors his enthusiasm did n't catch on . |
| 5 | Most of those who saw the General in the weeks after his resignation did not come away with the impression that he was on the edge of his seat waiting to be asked back . |
| 6 | The fine polish of his technique does not disguise the music 's refinements : this is playing of the utmost subtlety , strength and thoughtful insight . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His heart did n't seem to be in much of anything , right now . |
| 9 | It was n't Creed in the window , after all , it was just some advert for brilliantine , but his heart did n't know the difference and he sat there until it slowed . |
| 10 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |
| 11 | Only Nikias mentions their specific brief from the People to proceed against Selinus , and his views do not prevail . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | Bush for his part did not refer to them as " hostages " until Aug. 20 , when he told a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that the Iraqi attack on Kuwait was " a ruthless assault on the very essence of international order and civilized ideals " , and condemned the detention of hostages for having violated " all norms of international behaviour " as well as the tenets of Islam and traditions of Arab hospitality . |
| 14 | His trousers are held together with safety pins , his suits do n't fit and he rolls his sleeves down in the summertime . |
| 15 | His decision did not mean that he had abandoned his commitment to persuasion and conversion ; it was the principle of non-violence and not coercion which informed the spirit of his actions . |
| 16 | His decision did n't please the home crowd , but as Hankin said : ‘ It was one of those 50–50 challenges . |
| 17 | Drummond also , presumably , was not averse to the larger salary which was attached to the superior rank , and his tenderness did not stop him from making the journey to Perth to vote for Argyll 's candidate , when John Murray carried the crucial vote for preses of the Michaelmas head court by a single vote . |
| 18 | He is right , though his play does not leave his audiences with much of a zest for battle . |
| 19 | He had drafted two acts by January of this year , when ill health forestalled his plans to do further work upon it . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | Wickham had let it become obvious that important parts of his story did not coincide with the version supplied by the only other person on the spot but Tavett maintained that what he said was correct . |
| 22 | His paintbrush does not lie — this countryside is idyllic . |
| 23 | They took it well , although Greg Downs will want to know why his defence did n't stop Nick Richardson from scoring . |
| 24 | His contract does n't finish until next July |
| 25 | Yet , although making war was a fairly routine element in the life of an active nobleman , it was very rare indeed that one was killed ; partly because , in the face of danger , a noble could don his expensive and effective armour , his helmet and coat of mail ; and partly because his opponents did not try to kill him — if he should be so unfortunate as to be at their mercy they preferred to capture him and ransom him . |
| 26 | Going up the seminary hill to his Residence-I do n't think one would be justified in calling it a palace , gracious old house that it was — I felt giddy . |
| 27 | There was no kind of animosity at all because we are still friends with him but it was just that his presence did n't do anything dramatic for the group creatively so we asked him to go . ’ |
| 28 | Well perhaps his mum do n't want you borrowing his brother 's . |
| 29 | His Mum did n't finish till half-five . |
| 30 | But his Mum did n't answer . |