Example sentences of "[pron] he [modal v] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged , for by himself he can not help himself without belying the truth . |
| 2 | A specific combination of sounds was ‘ sacred to a certain demon , for whom it has an unaccountable , mysterious , and irresistible fascination , from which he can not free himself . ’ |
| 3 | ( Gregory 's slogan was : ‘ That which he could not assume he could not heal . ’ ) |
| 4 | For it was , in truth , as if his legs followed a route from which he could not turn them back — along the sales signs in Oxford Street occupied by a bedraggled army of Christmas bargain hunters , and off that up to the grandiose frontage of the hotel . |
| 5 | Something he will not tell me ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't believe he likes Brownies , ’ she confided to her best friend , Mary Trent , ‘ and if he does n't and Brown Owl married him he might not want her to go on being our Brown Owl . ’ |
| 8 | She told him he should not squeeze his toes in borrowed shoes , but go barefoot , and strengthen his feet ; but he felt he would thereby dishonour his monarch and disparage the image of the Christian gentleman . |
| 9 | ‘ Good God , there was a time I saw him — still but a child , to be sure — playing his fingers in her hair with such warmth and love in his face , such concentrated attention , as if it so fascinated him he could not leave it alone . |
| 10 | It was , he thought , to tell him he could not trust him . |
| 11 | Fleury uttered a curse and started to examine it , for the life of him he could not see what was the matter . |
| 12 | WOODY ALLEN went shopping yesterday after a judge told him he could not see his children for Christmas but could send them presents . |
| 13 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 14 | The last read her a lecture , told her he would not disoblige her father by employing her , and turned her out in the street like an errant daughter . |
| 15 | Gandalf tells him that since he is not in a position to pass judgement on everyone he should not pass it on one person . |
| 16 | A police spokesman said : ‘ He told them he could not wake his mummy who was found on the ground floor . ’ |
| 17 | No asking of others what he 'd not do himself . |
| 18 | Viewed structurally and organically , it is the firing line manager in whom all authority and responsibility centre ; only what he can not do himself passes up to higher management ’ . |
| 19 | When he saw the invitation , Khrushchev tells us he could not believe his eyes . |