Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he [vb mod] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found that he could n't go out with the lads anymore , and he felt he 'd lost his happy-go-lucky side . |
| 2 | He found that he could n't remain seated while she was striding to and fro across the office . |
| 3 | Eyes wide with surprise , he found that he could n't draw another breath , though the growing pain forced him to try . |
| 4 | Charlie found that he could n't get himself to look at them , although he was still able to see from their reflection in the mirror behind the bar that they were deep in conversation . |
| 5 | The King therefore saw Samuel before Baldwin ; and Samuel gave the advice which the Sovereign wanted to hear , namely that if MacDonald proved unable to carry his Cabinet , the best solution to the crisis would be a National Government , led by MacDonald , ‘ unless he found that he could not carry with him a sufficient number of his colleagues ’ . |
| 6 | He did manage to establish the English in a ring of garrisons in southern Scotland , but — like Edward I before him — he found that he could not extend his grip in any effective way into northern Scotland beyond the Tay ; and his southern castles could be recaptured . |
| 7 | Paul found that he could not stay with her at present ; he excused himself , got up from the table , fetched his hat and a stout stick , and went out into the day . |
| 8 | William claimed that Richard cheated by plunging his sword into William 's horse when he found that he could not win by fair means . |
| 9 | In 1820 , when the Constitution of 1812 was in force , the king found that he could not change the Captain General of New Castile on his own order . |
| 10 | Rostov tried to sit up and found that he could not . |
| 11 | Part of her trusted him still , but the voice of reason whispered that he could not be the frank and open person he appeared . |
| 12 | With Mola still pushing towards the city on its northern flank , Franco realized that he might not be the first Nationalist general to enter Madrid . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He looked up , and realized that he could n't see the other side of the quarry . |
| 15 | He had to be able to perform even though already ‘ at this young age he had a realistic approach to his future and with his ‘ banana feet ’ realized that he could not become a danseur noble and that his great interest was in choreography . |
| 16 | The acussed alledged that he could not forsee the harm he would do , and proceeded to argue that since he acted inavertently , he did not committ the offence . |
| 17 | colleges these days , but then I realised that he would not be interested in a girl unless she had cantilever overhangs and could be seen five miles away from the top of a bus . |
| 18 | When Miss P said this to him Boy realised that he could n't actually imagine a man proposing something that he would n't want to do , or would n't at least want to try just once , but he understood what he was being told and he learnt that lesson well , thank God . |
| 19 | Steve Cauthen rode his 163rd winner of the season on My Lord at Leicester , where ten races attracted a crowd of less than 600 , and announced that he would not be riding again on the flat this season . |
| 20 | Mr Nicholas Winterton ( C. Macclesfield ) announced that he would not be supporting the bill in Monday 's vote because it was ‘ severely flawed ’ . |
| 21 | After the series in Australia , Mike Brearley announced that he would not be able to tour in 1980–1 as he wanted to continue his studies in psychoanalysis , and the England selectors decided to appoint a new captain for the start of the 1980 rubber . |
| 22 | Barry announced that he would not resign " at this point " but would seek to " heal my body , mind and soul " . |
| 23 | Rakowski in his Jan. 27 report had stated that a new party should make a break with the PUWP 's Stalinist mentality , and announced that he would not be a candidate for its leadership . |
| 24 | In this respect his position was strengthened on Feb. 26 when the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced that he would not run for mayor . |
| 25 | Whilst the process of jury selection was still under way , Barry made a television address on June 13 in which he announced that he would not stand for re-election for a fourth term in November 1990 , but would serve the remainder of his current four-year term , due to expire on Jan. 2 , 1991 . |
| 26 | The US government 's five-year US$2,000 million Andean anti-drug aid programme [ see pp. 36889 ; 37243-44 ; 37451 ] suffered a setback on Sept. 27 when President Alberto Keinya Fujimori announced that he would not accept US military aid worth US$35,900,000 to combat drug trafficking . |
| 27 | The centre-right Democratic Party ( DIKO ) of former President Spyros Kyprianou slipped to 19.5 per cent , winning 11 seats , and Kyprianou announced that he would not be taking up his parliamentary seat . |
| 28 | On June 21 Kurt Waldheim , 72 , announced that he would not be standing for a second term as President in the elections due in 1992 . |
| 29 | Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction . |
| 30 | Pérez also announced that he would not be attending the summit of the Rio Group of Latin American countries in Buenos Aires due to begin on Dec. 1 . |