Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [modal v] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praying he could n't see her agonised blush , Leonora smiled shakily . |
| 2 | Then when she was talking to me someone knocked at the door then Auntie Linda was saying he wo n't bite you , he 's alright . |
| 3 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you saying he could n't take it , that he broke off the engagement ? ’ |
| 5 | Sir Walter Scott called barefoot and ragged wild mountain Scots lads ‘ gillie wetfoots ’ , saying he could not tell them apart from the fairies who ‘ beat the bushes ’ . |
| 6 | Knowing he ca n't afford them with him being in college |
| 7 | He pushed harder today , knowing he would not hurt her . |
| 8 | Knowing he could n't do anything . |
| 9 | ‘ No , ’ he yelled , reaching for the baseball bat he kept by the side of the bed for intruders and finding he could n't move his arm . |
| 10 | I was hoping he would not offer us a glass of his very potent drink that I now know as Calvados . |
| 11 | Will your coat need cleaning ? ’ she asked anxiously , hoping he would n't land her with the bill . |
| 12 | hoping he would n't ask me to turn the telly over and I 'd have to get up . |
| 13 | Half hoping he will not hear me . |