Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] he do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucker falls asleep after commenting that he does n't want to see how mini-cab drivers supplement their incomes . |
| 2 | Chairman John Silk also stood down , with successor Trevor Summers saying : ‘ If Bobby Gould is honest he knew he had to win something this season because he did n't have a hope of staying if he did n't . ’ |
| 3 | Let us pay Lord Taylor the courtesy of assuming that he does not believe the social circle of the average judge to be a complete guide to right thinking . |
| 4 | It was my father , who had come out of hiding because he did n't want to be parted from us . |
| 5 | It 's true that guarantees are normally given by the manufacturer , but it 's also worth noting that he does n't have to give one . |
| 6 | He has a genius for conducting but he does n't enjoy doing it . |
| 7 | At best Gould was callous and ungenerous in ensuring that he did not receive the praise he deserved ; at worst he was deliberately playing on Lear 's weakness , and jealously guarding the limelight for his most ambitious publication to date . |
| 8 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 9 | It goes without saying that he did not serve scrambled eggs with smoked haddock , he cooked the haddock first , flaked it , and mixed it with the beaten eggs before cooking them . |
| 10 | For people already inclined to be critical of Mr Bush , it is easy to leap from saying that he can not articulate a policy to saying that he does not have one , or that such policy as he has is flawed . |
| 11 | ‘ And another day I bought a hip bath in a junk shop talk about Edwardian house parties … = ’ Mervyn rambled on , but Ianthe was hardly conscious of what he was saying beyond feeling that he did n't seem to expect an answer . |
| 12 | But unless John realises that he 's preventing himself getting the success he desires , through thinking that he does n't deserve it , he 'll do no more than keep cruising along . |
| 13 | And to that ultimate challenge of the book the herb can not reply , except by realising that he does not know the answer , and that he is glad he does not know . |
| 14 | He tried to fudge the issue earlier by saying that he did not want to specify periods . |
| 15 | Lorenz responded by saying that he did not hold the position they were attacking with such gusto . |
| 16 | Attempts to block Panic 's candidacy by claiming that he did not fulfil the one-year residency requirement had been overruled by the Supreme Court on Dec. 9 . |