Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her Uncle Wong , her grandmother 's friend , who was now under a shadow so deep that without being told , Maggie knew she must not mention his name , her beloved Uncle Wong had given her Fenna . |
| 2 | She always wanted him to tell her where he came from because she said , as she had said to Creggan on his first night , that for an eagle to survive the first thing he must know is where he comes from , and he must not forget his memories however distant they may be . |
| 3 | She hears the guard who is posted by the slaves ' quarters to her right call , ‘ Halt ’ , but she does n't stop ; she keeps on , and he begins to shout , the torch at his side bobbing and smoking , he does n't come after her ( he must not leave his post ) , but halloos . |
| 4 | Forced on to what she really meant to say , Kate fumbles for words , absurdly feeling she has to simplify , patronise in order for him to understand her in a language foreign to him , that she must not hurt his feelings , he is part of the oppressed majority , colonised daily by the people she has come to work for . |
| 5 | There was , however , no apparent motive , McLeish reminded himself , and he must not let his own uneasy conviction that Angela Morgan would have been more than capable of stirring up strong and complex emotions in those around her cloud his judgement . |
| 6 | He must not put his life in danger by staying here . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You must not mind his unpolished ways , child . |
| 8 | However , we must not forget that even in a welfare totalitarianism like Inca Peru the individual still has some sort of rudimentary superego , albeit perhaps only the primitive one of early childhood ; and , furthermore , we must not overlook his explanation of the feeling of triumph present in mania . |
| 9 | Judge Wroath was fully aware that he must not apply his own decision as to what D 's welfare required . |
| 10 | For instance , a board member whose own firm is on the wrong side of a squeeze should not misuse his board position to try and break the squeeze . |
| 11 | He wondered if he should not give his Ka a name , and call it Taheb . |
| 12 | on the value of intelligence tests or of the reliability of certain statistical devices used in these examinations , there is no reason why he should not give his views , bur he will no doubt make it clear how far the views are personal to himself . |
| 13 | It does not mean , however , that he should not exercise his franchise and vote as he wishes at local government elections , but he should not be a party man otherwise his advice might be regarded as being tainted and the council as a whole , in the end , would cease to have confidence in his advice . |
| 14 | This annoyance should not influence his judgement , but why take the risk ? |
| 15 | But whatever else was lost , the impetus that Winckelmann had given to Greek scholarship in Germany survived ; and if we wish to understand its subsequent history and the remarkable growth of German classical scholarship as a whole , we should not forget his formative contribution , even though much of the impending development can hardly be traced directly back to him . |
| 16 | Counsel may ‘ submit ’ and ‘ suggest ’ as strongly as he likes , and he may state propositions of law and fact , but he should not express his own belief or opinion . |
| 17 | In any case , Chapman considered that a player should not regard his position as fixed , believing that ‘ adaptability should be the aim of every footballer ’ . |
| 18 | Once authority has been delegated , a superior should not expect his subordinate to refer decisions up the chain of command to him for confirmation ( or ratification ) provided that the decision is within the subordinate 's scope of delegated authority . |
| 19 | In an old-style full committal hearing , Coun Garvey 's solicitor James Watson claimed the incident was accidental and said Teesside Magistrates Court should not commit his client for trial . |
| 20 | Will Wyatt , managing director of network television , said Mr Birt should not lose his job over the dispute and insisted he had the full support of his senior colleagues . |
| 21 | Will Wyatt , managing director of network television , said Mr Birt should not lose his job over the dispute and insisted he had the full support of his senior colleagues . |
| 22 | On 14 December 1557 , parliament agreed to send commissioners to France to negotiate the marriage , while making a sideways nod to Châtelherault 's shrill demand that this should not prejudice his right as heir presumptive . |
| 23 | And to whom did he swear that they should not enter his rest ? |
| 24 | decreed the husband should not kiss his wife |
| 25 | Of course a certain amount of caution is necessary , for how else is the child to learn that he should not put his hand in the fire or stick his finger into an electric socket ? |
| 26 | He should not overrate his resources , the goodness of his debts or the probable sale of his merchandise . |
| 27 | Strange that he should not support his hometown club do nt you think ? |
| 28 | At the same time , the critic will learn from this figure that , since the secrets are never disclosed , and since the absent essence only operates when it is absent , he should not force his text to produce a single interpretative meaning . |
| 29 | She told him he should not squeeze his toes in borrowed shoes , but go barefoot , and strengthen his feet ; but he felt he would thereby dishonour his monarch and disparage the image of the Christian gentleman . |
| 30 | Accordingly , the bidder should treat his own shares ( and those of persons connected with him ) as a separate class and should not cast his votes on the resolution approving the scheme . |