Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] he do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is inappropriate for the child to attend or he does not wish to do so , the conference should be given a clear and up-to-date statement of his views by one of the professionals working with him . |
| 2 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 3 | In GEC 's Patent , the hearing officer held that the initial onus fell on the employer to establish that he did not benefit from obtaining a patent . |
| 4 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 5 | The next time it rang he was so absorbed in the problem of getting the pistol to work that he did not notice it ; nor the next time either . |
| 6 | The questions had chased each other round and round , finding terrible answers , until he knew he would start to scream if he did not shut them out . |
| 7 | The trainer then has to decide whether the horse is being rather stubborn and refuses to work because he does not want to or because there is something preventing him from relaxing and settling down . |
| 8 | It seemed much easier to sit and do nothing , to pretend that he did n't exist , to empty your mind of feelings so that you felt nothing , nothing at all … . |
| 9 | But , unless the proviso can be invoked , one must adopt the maxim that the more difficult ( short of impossibility ) is the defending advocate 's task , the more vital it is to see that he does not labour under an unfair disadvantage . |
| 10 | Section 1(4) states that the duty is : " to take such care as is reasonable in all the circumstances of the case to see that he does not suffer injury on the premises by reason of the danger concerned " . |
| 11 | Murder brought Raskolnikov to see that he did n't believe his reasons for committing it . |
| 12 | What you would like to find , of course , is just one fuel tank because you think Andropulos is going to claim that he did n't abandon ship because he thought another fuel tank was about to go and he did n't want his precious passengers splashing about in a sea of blazing fuel oil which would , of course , also have destroyed the rubber dinghies . ’ |
| 13 | During the third interview , he was asked to confirm that he did not want a solicitor , and he replied ‘ I have n't got a solicitor . ’ |
| 14 | In such cases someone who says ‘ I know ’ lays himself open to reproach if what he says turns out to be false in much the same way as someone who says ‘ I promise ’ lays himself open to reproach if he does not do what he promised to do . |
| 15 | He said there were items which he had wanted to buy but Mrs Knight did not want to sell and he did not take them away . |
| 16 | What you would like to find , of course , is just one fuel tank because you think Andropulos is going to claim that he did n't abandon ship because he thought another fuel tank was about to go and he did n't want his precious passengers splashing about in a sea of blazing fuel oil which would , of course , also have destroyed the rubber dinghies . ’ |
| 17 | The boy 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 18 | The lad 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 19 | The child 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 20 | The idiot 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 21 | He 's going to fall if he does n't take care . |
| 22 | Such has been the division that to describe a sociologist as a theorist is almost to suggest that he does not engage in field studies . |
| 23 | Thus in [ 30 ] the speaker might be taken to suggest that he did not mean that his childhood days had just gone : what he really meant was that they had vanished . |
| 24 | The second subsection , by contrast , places an evidential burden on the defendant ( or the ‘ accused , ’ as the Act somewhat anachronistically refers to him ) to assert that he did not intend , and was not aware of the impact that his conduct was having or might have . |
| 25 | That is , if the prosecutor proves that the words or material were in fact threatening , abusive or insulting , and if the defendant wishes to assert that he did not realise that this was so , the onus is upon him to raise the issue . |
| 26 | But , since she had no wish to have a discussion with him about it when for all she knew he could have telephoned her hotel yesterday or the day before and been told simply that she was n't available , she chose to assume that he did not know . |
| 27 | The budget had been the topic of fierce argument , but in the end it was passed by a huge majority , satisfying the Prime Minister , who proclaimed himself a happy man after having threatened to resign if he did not get his way . |
| 28 | He knew what he was asking these people to do and he did not like it , but there was no other way . |
| 29 | Straight after I got out of my car I went to Alain to apologise but he did n't want to accept . |
| 30 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |