Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] [not/n't] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 2 | When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie . |
| 3 | Locke replied that he could not do it ; it would take someone of the intellectual stature of Newton . |
| 4 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 5 | Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain . |
| 6 | ‘ No , but all the other proof was in West Germany so he could not do anything more . |
| 7 | safest , reputation , so he could n't do it , he could n't change so , I 've been there . |
| 8 | and he ca n't do it because my dad . |
| 9 | And he ca n't do it now . |
| 10 | His friend vows steadfastness in friendship , but repeats his warning : his illness came from too much study , and he should n't do it again . |
| 11 | I remember ghastly evenings when we sat round willing him to write half a line or finish a stanza and he could n't do it , it would n't come out . |
| 12 | But David 's erm hips went , you know , and he could n't do it any |
| 13 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 14 | and he could n't do it and the worse thing was everybody in the pool had gone go on |
| 15 | and he could n't do it , he was so totally embarrassed and all the rest of it , he had to get down and everybody was boo boo , chicken , chicken |
| 16 | People kept saying to him , ‘ Stop picking your nose , ’ and he could n't do anything about it . |
| 17 | parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything |
| 18 | Well I 'll get Peter to look at it , if he ca n't do anything , get someone in . |
| 19 | ‘ If he ca n't do his job he should consider his position , ’ said Mr Gould . |
| 20 | ‘ Nothing 's lost , if he ca n't do it . ’ |
| 21 | Why am I here if he ca n't do it ? |
| 22 | But if he ca n't do it on the pitch I 'm sure the skipper will be helping to inspire the lads off it . |
| 23 | Looks bad on him , does n't it tramp if he wo n't do it ? |
| 24 | It is widely believed , for example , that farmers contaminate watercourses every day in the normal course of their jobs ; but , as an officer from a rural district put it , ‘ I would n't take action if he could n't do anything about it . ’ |
| 25 | If he , if he could n't do anything then he would accept it and not do it and then try a bit and if he had to go back to bed . |
| 26 | Erm it 's interesting , Mr Saunders er when he said it it was the best the Secretary of State could do last time round , erm , I wonder why er if he could n't do it then , it would be really possible er in any way to do it now . |
| 27 | ‘ My father-in-law was well aware of all this ; it has been going on for some years but he would not do what was necessary to right the situation , that is cut out the loss makers and , perhaps , substitute other lines — stationery , office equipment , videos or any other line compatible with the book trade . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Lachlan was furious , but he would n't do it ! |
| 29 | But he wo n't do them now ! |
| 30 | But he will not do it on his own . |