Example sentences of "he [vb past] [not/n't] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its principal commandment , ‘ Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law ’ , to him meant not vulgar hedonism but the honest and honourable fulfilment of a person 's deepest potential . |
| 2 | In his 50 years of Trotskyism he made not one small dent in the capitalist system , but he mortally wounded the movement he claimed to lead . |
| 3 | She said it because Rory was in her mind , and he had told her he lived not many miles from Belleeks , at a little crossroads in the lower hills . |
| 4 | He pleaded not guilty . |
| 5 | The 11-year-old , who was barely able to see over the dock rail , looked frightened as he pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Rosetta Fort . |
| 6 | He pleaded not guilty . |
| 7 | He pleaded not guilty , but on 2 May 1989 was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment . |
| 8 | But when the defendant appeared at the Bow Street Magistrates ' Court to answer an information that he had committed the offence under section 5(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1988 of driving with excess alcohol in the blood , he pleaded not guilty and at the close of the case for the prosecution a submission was made that he had no case to answer on the ground that the officer 's requirement at Vine Street Police Station that he provide a specimen of blood had not been validly made in accordance with section 7(4) . |
| 9 | Barry made a four-minute court appearance in Washington on Feb. 28 during which he pleaded not guilty to the eight charges and was ordered to stand trial on June 4 . |
| 10 | He pleaded not guilty to each of the charges . |
| 11 | He pled not guilty by letter at Cupar Sheriff Court yesterday . |
| 12 | Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad . |
| 13 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |
| 14 | ‘ He did n't 'alf like them , he said he 'd give me a penny every time I showed them . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm glad he did n't that night . ’ |
| 16 | He did n't that . |
| 17 | His Dad insisted he locked his bike , but he did n't this time . |
| 18 | He did n't half go into him with his stick . |
| 19 | Naturally , he tried to hush it up after , but your dad got to hear of it from the doctor and he did n't half go for Josh — you can imagine . |
| 20 | When Greenidge was finally caught behind , he had made 223 in nine and three-quarter hours , a phenomenal effort of concentration on a pitch of uneven bounce , for he gave not one chance throughout . |
| 21 | When Elizabeth I visited Rochester in 1573 she was entertained by Watts , and when he expressed regret that he had not better accommodation to offer her she replied , ‘ Satis ’ ( Lat. ‘ enough , satisfactory ’ ) , by which name the house was ever afterwards known . |
| 22 | Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left . |
| 23 | He learned about world events rather as a Trobriand Islander might — from chance remarks and accidental contacts — and , from the little he had heard , he had not much desire to know more . |
| 24 | This , I thought , reflected great credit on him , though others might take the contrary view and criticise the fact that he had not first thought to amass a substantial fortune . |
| 25 | In addition to financial worries the job was not a pleasant one : in spite of many years of apparent conviviality , Dorothy realized after her father 's death that ‘ he had not one real friend ’ . |
| 26 | When , by the sheerest fluke , she 'd discovered he had not one other woman on the side but two , it drove her to near insanity . |
| 27 | He had not one doubt about what she meant and that was the end of any sort of conversation . |
| 28 | The Emperor Charlemagne ( 768–814 ) is said to have lamented to the leader of his court school , the York man Alcuin , that he had not twelve learned men like Jerome or Augustine . |
| 29 | He had n't much chance of catching Caspar , not at the rate the dog was going . |
| 30 | He had n't much time . |