Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [be] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She pretends to pay Alexei no heed ; but whenever he is not watching her , she looks to make sure that he will follow when she rides away . ’ |
| 2 | He describes how he is not invited to a ball at Harrington but waits in the terrace garden to see ‘ Maud ’ afterwards : |
| 3 | ‘ A man knows when he 's not wanted . ’ |
| 4 | That 's when he 's not stuffing himself with breakfast , lunch and dinner and occasionally calling a meeting of his cronies to think of more ways of misusing the club funds and treating the servants as he believes they should be treated . ’ |
| 5 | Their four-year-old son Raphael is also an important part of Eric 's day when he 's not training . |
| 6 | My God , what 's he like when he 's not making an effort ? ’ |
| 7 | According to decisions of labour courts , no legally enforceable relationship exists between the casual worker and the organization for which he is working in the times when he is not engaged by them . |
| 8 | He attends junior camps when he is not following his hobbies of reading biographies or listening to music , and he is a Board Member of KidSports Foundation , which aims to teach the positive side of sports to youngsters . |
| 9 | Held , ( 1 ) that section 18(1) and ( 2 ) authorised an order for payment by the board of that part of the costs of the proceedings determined in the defendant 's favour incurred by him personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and was thus an unassisted person ; that , accordingly , the House had jurisdiction under the section to order payment by the board of the defendant 's costs incurred before the issue of his legal aid certificate ; and that the appropriate course was to adjourn the defendant 's application under regulation 143 of the Regulations of 1989 for him to pursue his claim in accordance with regulation 147 ( post , pp. 199G , 201A–B , E , H — 202A , 203B–D ) . |
| 10 | But I see no difficulty in reading the language of subsections ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) of section 18 as authorising an order for payment by the board ( subject , of course , to the criteria prescribed by subsection ( 4 ) ) of such part of the costs of the proceedings which are eventually determined in the defendant 's favour as were incurred by the defendant personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and accordingly fell within the definition of an unassisted party . |
| 11 | ( For Bottome herself says : ‘ No one could write better than Ezra when he was not trying to score off T.S . |
| 12 | The concert required considerable stamina from both players , as they were on the platform virtually throughout the concert , with Craig alternating between the organ and harpsichord continuo parts and Paul playing orchestral parts when he was not playing solo . |
| 13 | In the summer , when he was not studying or working to earn money , young Cottle took a bus deep into the Vale of Glamorgan . |
| 14 | The sender is seated facing away from the others in a position where he is not overlooked . |
| 15 | and one of the few movies where he 's not going around shouting he was drinking , but he was n't shouting |
| 16 | I ca n't exactly remember which side of of the person on the who was lying on the ground , P C was but he was in a position where he was not putting himself er he was covering the person lying on the ground but he was n't covering to the point of fact that P C erm would have to walk in front of his shot gun . |
| 17 | Closer to home were the squat red-brick piggeries , the turkey-huts and chicken-houses , the litter of sheds and lean-tos where he was not allowed to play . |
| 18 | He performed in a hotel where he was not allowed to stay because blacks were barred . |
| 19 | His ability to tell you how he sees things and then show you how he sees things , with the use of film , leaves the viewer wondering why he is not given the whole Without Walls slot . |
| 20 | Where the applicant has made repeated unsuccessful requests he may wish to know why he is not obtaining the licence . |
| 21 | His sport and study schedule , coupled with his natural diffidence , perhaps explains why he is not remembered as a great socialiser . |
| 22 | The rank shown for Hopkins appears to be sergeant , but it is not understood why he is not grouped with the other three , Lochead , Mullen and Nicholl . |
| 23 | I can see why he 's not scored so often this year and why we 're now being linked with Ferdinand . |
| 24 | Because he does n't appear to do a very good job , he does n't turn up when , at times , he does n't ring you to tell why he 's not turning up and that sort of person is not a good idea to go for |
| 25 | That 's why he 's not doing so well at the moment : people like you to put up some pretence that you 're interested in something other than money , even if you are in the insurance business . |
| 26 | Well to be honest I can understand why he 's not asking them . |
| 27 | I do not think that I should explain to the hon. Member why he was not called . |
| 28 | That was the fate of the worker on the Anglo American farm estate Vergelegen , dismissed for asking his employers why he was not paid for a public holiday . |
| 29 | In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money . |
| 30 | This man used cheap tricks in his work , serving rotten meat and watered-down ale to customers , yet could not understand why he was not malting a profit . |