Example sentences of "not [vb infin] his [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 2 | The Bishop did not slow his stride until he came face to face with Garvey ‘ You see where your ill-manners have led you , man ? |
| 3 | The male , which senses her hum through his long feathered antennae , does not unfurl his wings until he is sexually mature . |
| 4 | CHELMSFORD City manager Joe O'Sullivan could not believe his luck as he named an unchanged side in advance of today 's Beazer Premier clash with Bashley at New Writtle Street . |
| 5 | Slowly he righted himself and took off the mask , although she could not see his face for she was not looking at him . |
| 6 | That need not jeopardise his position if he should subsequently emerge from his limbo . |
| 7 | James himself , watching from the shore with the rest of his ‘ invasion committee ’ , could not restrain his admiration as he watched his last hope of regaining his throne go up in smoke . |
| 8 | A person is insolvent ( whether or not he is bankrupt ) ‘ if he has either ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business or he can not pay his debts as they become due , ’ section 61(4) . |
| 9 | He did not tell his parents because he knew they would try to change his mind but he confided in a colleague at work . |
| 10 | The weaver shook his head but the messenger dared not leave his door till his master 's errand had been fulfilled . |
| 11 | Today his walk did not hold his attention as it usually did . |
| 12 | Dublin can not hide his agony as he is wheeled on a stretcher from the Old Trafford pitch |
| 13 | He did not raise his head as she came into the room , and not once in the short interview which followed did he look at her . |
| 14 | She could no longer bring to the man she loved her untouched innocence , and , worse than that , she could not bear his lovemaking because it reminded her so bitterly of what had been done to her . |
| 15 | ‘ I did not ask his name before I shot him , no . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We did not accept his resignation because we felt he had already been dismissed in the summer , ’ Lawrie Hargrave said . |
| 17 | Hugh did not turn his head when he spoke and kept his voice low so that only she could hear him . |
| 18 | — But you do n't know his type like I do . |
| 19 | But he would n't lift his head so I put my hand to his cheek , which startled him , slid it under his chin and lifted his face . |
| 20 | Hunt says in his autobiography that he thinks Audetto did n't withdraw his protest because he could n't do so without consulting the old primadonna of Maranello . |
| 21 | With one , one man said I used to put , in the cold mornings I used to put my other hand at the bottom to see if I could get heat , but he could n't touch his fingers because they were so tender . |
| 22 | Derry made a disappointing start — keeper Dermot O'Neill dropped Tommy Byrne 's harmless cross after five minutes , and Tony O'Connor could n't believe his luck as he lobbed the ball into the unprotected goal . |
| 23 | Carrie could n't see his face because she was behind him but she could see Nick 's . |
| 24 | Stephen had vetoed that , though , before she had made her offer to anyone but him , and now he tended to tell people they could n't have his grandmother because it would n't be fair on his wife . |
| 25 | ‘ Barry could n't change his name until his father died — and he certainly would n't have brought Crispin home . |