Example sentences of "he [coord] [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether he struck me as being in better spirits than usual ; and I learnt later , though not from him and I can not vouch for its veracity , that he had had himself psychoanalysed . |
| 2 | er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times |
| 3 | I knew this and I knew it was a weakness in him and I should not put up with it . |
| 4 | He had not been prepared for Cheltenham the same as some horses are , because there had been a last-minute change of plan for him and he would not have been really galloped hard . |
| 5 | Her lack of reserve delighted him and he could not help but be flattered by her attention . |
| 6 | I remonstrated with him but he would not listen . |
| 7 | Rose fussed discreetly around him but he could not remain the centre of attention for long . |
| 8 | While reading the anonymous notes the glimmering of an idea had come to him but he could not sharpen the focus . |
| 9 | I have tried to talk to him but he will not listen . " |
| 10 | She would go on loving him but she would not disrupt his life further . |
| 11 | And because it is just one in a hundred , that one is going to be different in one way or another , or he or she would not bother to buy . |
| 12 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 13 | It had various elements : detention upon arrest should only continue if the person was unwilling to identify himself or herself ; or if there was a likelihood that he or she would not turn up at court ; or if there was a need to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence ; or if the arrest was essential to protect the arrested person or other persons or property or to secure evidence by questioning or other means . |
| 14 | On the assumption that he or she might not have carried the murder weapon away Wycliffe had ordered a search of the foreshore , and a police frogman was floundering about in the shallow off-shore waters like a porpoise on the point of stranding . |
| 15 | If the salesperson is unsuccessful at this stage , then he or she may not have the opportunity of selling to the firm again until the next model change ( and even then it is difficult trying to dislodge established suppliers ) . |
| 16 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 17 | Both types of explanation are rejected as inadequate by the sociologist : the individualistic because it does not recognise the importance of wider social forces acting on the individual which he or she can not control ; the naturalistic because it fails to recognise that behaviour patterns are not primarily biologically determined but rather reflect social conventions that have been learned by individuals as members of social groups or , more generally , society . |
| 18 | However he or she can not disregard interests and factions within his or her own party , and will obviously give some attention to the competence of those appointed . |
| 19 | To disregard that is to show disrespect for those who are colleagues , those whom the head is leading and without whose support he or she can not manage . |
| 20 | Each consumer and each producer is a price-taker and knows that he or she can not affect market prices . |
| 21 | There is a procedure by which a plaintiff in a private action may be able to seek redress for a public law wrong even though he or she can not establish sufficient standing in accordance with the above rules . |
| 22 | Will the doubtful gains for the child 's personality development of an undiscriminating total ban outweigh the fairly certain chagrin , embarrassment and isolation that will be experienced when he or she can not join in some of the most popular entertainments and games of middle childhood ? |
| 23 | So far as a tenant in common is concerned however , he or she can not release an undivided half share , as a tenant in common is solely seised of his or her respective interest . |
| 24 | Inevitably , an occasion will come when parents do not accept a professional 's view , even after considerable exploration and discussion , and when the professional feels he or she can not compromise without undermining good practice . |
| 25 | In academic , exploratory research where the results are not to be analysed and presented in statistical fashion a research worker may feel that he or she can not have an assistant to help with interviews since the whole approach is very subjective and non-statistical . |
| 26 | The last thing an executive search consultant wants to do is to take on an assignment which is not achievable and which he or she can not complete . |
| 27 | A child is often unacquainted with the precise and specialised social functions which are conventionally ascribed to either speech or writing and thus may be confused when asked to acquire ‘ skills ’ whose functions he or she can not see or act upon . |
| 28 | which is to the detriment of the victim because he or she can not comply with it ; and |
| 29 | Law affects the caterer in so many ways that he or she can not afford to ignore it . |
| 30 | Write down a few examples of when you last ( i ) provided food , clothing or other " necessities " for the addict in your life because he or she can not afford them . |