Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heseltine may not prove as co-operative as his DTI forebears and , while he may not earn the adulation of predators such as Hanson , he will increasingly enjoy the appreciation of potential targets , such as ICI , Trafalgar House and Vickers . |
| 2 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 3 | But he may not have the power to overrule the precedents ; in any case , reasons of strategy argue against this . |
| 4 | Someone other than the trustee or his nominee may be elected chairman , but if the trustee is the chairman , he may not adjourn the meeting without the consent of at least half , in value , of those present ( in person or by proxy ) and entitled vote ( r 6.129(3) ) . |
| 5 | Then er even one percent of nuclear weaponry that er could be used is a danger to world congregation and I fear very much er that unless there is some kind of a proper cast iron guarantee er with the successor to the Soviet Union er there 's going to be much er trouble especially if er there is an ethnic violence er erupting on the borders and again er Boris Yeltsin has said that er , er he is going to want to control er the position on the borders , well he may not get the agreement that he seeks , er one hopes that he will , but he , he may not . |
| 6 | He may not take the law into his own hands . |
| 7 | The formalities were gone through — including , in this case , the obtaining of a marriage licence ; the bachelor of St Ethelburga 's parish made an allegation that he knew of no lawful impediment why he should not marry the girl from St Dunstan 's in the West , and it was there that they became man and wife on 21 June 1799 . |
| 8 | Therefore , if an employer wants to sue on the basis of a continuing obligation which lasts after determination and requires a remedy other than damages , he should not accept the repudiation but treat the contract as if alive . |
| 9 | But , determined that he should n't have the satisfaction of seeing her vexation , she said drily , ‘ Do n't mention it ; I 'm only glad it was n't rush-hour . ’ |
| 10 | He must not diminish the capital value of the land by the commission of acts called ‘ waste ’ , such as cutting timber or opening mines . |
| 11 | He must not create the impression that recognition will stop the killing . |
| 12 | But while the certificate-holder may take the order outwith permitted hours , he must not complete the sale outwith permitted hours , by accepting payment , or handing the liquor to the customer , or delivering the liquor to the customer 's house . |
| 13 | He must not address the defendant in terms which suggest that the sample must be of one kind rather than the other unless and until the two possibilities have been explained to the defendant and a fair opportunity given to him to say , if he wishes , which he would prefer to give and why . |
| 14 | But he must not deny the statute . |
| 15 | ‘ We thought he might not see the body , ’ said Libab . |
| 16 | He might not like the interference . ’ |
| 17 | Colonel Windsor was a soldier , not a politician ; he might n't like the choice , but his duty was to make the best of it . |
| 18 | He could n't manage the arithmetic . |
| 19 | He could n't leave the crucifix in the luggage locker for ever . |
| 20 | ‘ I believe we loved each other , but when it came to the crunch he could n't leave the priesthood . ’ |
| 21 | I think he finally started thinking , for reasons I ca n't say , about whether or not he could actually leave the hospital , and he finally asked , and he realized that he could n't leave the hospital alive . |
| 22 | He needed more canvas , but he could n't leave the helm . |
| 23 | When the train started Jasper put his mouth over the tip and realized he could n't light the cigarette because the end was outside . |
| 24 | He had never made anything and he could n't tell the difference between one flower and another . |
| 25 | Bill only likes H P beans and I give Maggie a tin of them seventeen P beans and I says throw the tin away before he sees it and he could n't tell the difference . |
| 26 | He could n't make the boy out . |
| 27 | Pascoe looked at her as if he could n't make the connection . |
| 28 | To cut a long story short , he could n't make the grade so he ended up as a pharmacist in the business his father bought for him as a going concern . |
| 29 | He was bitter because he could n't inherit the glory they unwittingly advertised . |
| 30 | But even he could n't stop the Scot . |