Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] his [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — But you do n't know his type like I do . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Carrie could n't see his face because she was behind him but she could see Nick 's . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Barry could n't change his name until his father died — and he certainly would n't have brought Crispin home . |