Example sentences of "[det] [noun] he do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level .
2 With one part of his mind he knew he was getting the benefit of the backlash from an experience in Catherine 's past , but with another part he did n't care about any of that , there was no reality beyond her .
3 Eisenhower conceded that the West was suffering from " the tyrannies of the weak " , but in this instance he did not question the legality of the act of nationalization .
4 Around this time his wage rate came to 2/3 a day , but he rarely worked more than about 10 days in any month , and in some months he did not work at all .
5 Some days he did n't say a word .
6 At this point he does n't give a toss what they say in the mess room tomorrow .
7 True , there were some things he did n't like about the Khedive 's regime , the patronage , the corruption , the inefficiency .
8 To this day he did n't understand that authority .
9 On this occasion he did not succeed in finding any penguin 's eggs , but came back with a live penguin , and with the eggs of various gulls .
10 This morning he did n't dip his bread and butter into it , munch and gulp , as usual .
11 I put it on this morning he did n't like it .
12 Then : ‘ Georges said Edouard told his colleagues he 'd been attacked in the street the night before by some youths he did n't know .
13 For a few seconds he did n't speak , and just watched us .
14 For some reason he does n't want anyone to sleep there , I do n't know why .
15 With him , well for some reason he does n't like us , well , you say I was thinking , I 've been thinking as you know this is the sort of thing that I , gets on to my mind , but I was thinking to myself well really and truly we are so honest people ourselves , we do n't go round you know and screw sort of fiddling things , I suppose it comes to hard to us when we discover other people have
16 The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me .
17 ‘ Yes ? ’ prompted Dr Neil with a grin — for some reason he did not believe a word of this farrago — to hear her reply in a low voice ,
18 For some reason he did n't get the kicks , but he certainly saw it happen . ’
19 She says for some reason he did n't come back for it .
20 This way he did n't wander .
21 For a few moments he did n't seem to realise she was there .
22 During this time he does not feed , but relies on his body fat , accumulated during the period of good summer feeding — this prolonged fast may later prove very costly .
23 This time he does n't stir ; he is off the beach at last , out beyond the shallows , in deep still water .
24 This time he did n't make her wait , because he could n't .
25 This time he did n't open the door for her , and she had difficulty keeping up as he took the front stairs two at a time .
26 They had left the paddock gate open , and Joe had taken advantage of it to go in search of more of the nice green apples he remembered having enjoyed so much the previous day — but this time he did n't reach Jessica Turvey 's orchard ; he got himself trapped in the marsh .
27 This time he did n't miss , he shot past Stowell and United were on level terms , amazingly , they almost snatched the lead a minute later when a brilliant save by Stowell denied Simpson once again .
28 This time he did n't sit down .
29 This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt .
30 I reached over and ruffled his hair and this time he did n't pull away .
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