Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean he would n't sack his ex wife . |
| 2 | This morning he did n't dip his bread and butter into it , munch and gulp , as usual . |
| 3 | Not only did the computer get them right but Palmer did n't slow his delivery at all , and the printed word appeared a fraction of a second later . |
| 4 | Chant — wretched coward that he was — did n't slow his pace by a beat , but strode on towards the caravan as Estabrook was swung round to face the albino . |
| 5 | Estabrook came after him , calling his name , but Gentle did n't slow his pace . |
| 6 | Not only did the computer get them right but Palmer did n't slow his delivery at all , and the printed word appeared a fraction of a second later . |
| 7 | Since the dawn of a new era , when he signed for Phonogram in 1985 , he 's been making records which do n't shame his reputation and often add to it . |
| 8 | just pinch her hand , give her a firm handshake because you 've got about ninety seconds in which to make your first impression and of the ninety seconds about ninety five percent of that time is made through visual images and that can be your dress sense , the way you carry yourself , present yourself , erm body language , do n't invade his personal space , only I think about erm I think about twelve , twelve seconds off of ninety seconds , or there thereabouts is spent on what you say . |
| 9 | All right , he now knew why she had come — not to follow him as he 'd thought , but to deliver the letters ; but that still did n't explain his anger . |
| 10 | a what do you call a boy who does n't eat his dinner ? |
| 11 | Do n't slag his band off |
| 12 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 13 | Martin Richards of the Freight Transport Association says I would n't fancy his chances . |
| 14 | The research you did on Mr Azul did n't cover his sexuality . |
| 15 | — But I could n't cover his marker — why should I ? |
| 16 | So whenever he tried to explain any musical idea he just could n't make his bands understand . |
| 17 | I could n't make up my own mind whether to get him to lengthen or shorten and in consequence I did n't make his mind up to do either and we floundered over it untidily , his hooves rapping the wooden frames , my weight too far forward … a mess . |
| 18 | That did n't make his love for Sien any less true . |
| 19 | Leeds new centre signing Kevin Iro wo n't make his debut for at least six weeks after a specialist said that the Kiwi international 's injury was worse than first feared . |
| 20 | Corbett could n't make his features out because of the hood pulled over his head . |
| 21 | ‘ Dear God , ’ Devlin said , ‘ I sometimes wonder why Steiner does n't make his own way back across the Channel , walking on water . ’ |
| 22 | Does n't want his old man around doing gooseberry . ’ |
| 23 | He did n't want his Dad to think that he was interested in fixing his bike . |
| 24 | Did n't want his father to find out . |
| 25 | ‘ He did n't want his servants to know anything about it , that 's why . |
| 26 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 27 | But eight-year-old James Kingston admitted that he would n't want his younger brother Henry to see the film . |
| 28 | Adam did n't want his sister , they did n't get on all that well . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm Irish , ’ he said , and it sounded aggressive because he did n't want his voice to quiver . |
| 30 | Or does n't want his girlfriend worried — though that I doubt . ’ |