Example sentences of "he [modal v] not [vb infin] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm serious about that , it grieves me greatly the possibility that he may not hear what the patch has to say . |
| 2 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 3 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 4 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 5 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 6 | He could not reveal what the buyers was planning for the building , however , any investment in the site is certain to bring jobs with it . |
| 7 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 8 | Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he would not give it the limited powers of disposal available in clause 4(4) ( b ) ? |
| 9 | Even the most experienced police interrogator can not entirely avoid leading questions , simply because he can not know what the witness actually knows or what really happened . |