Example sentences of "his [noun sg] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sister did n't need anger at the moment , and it was only his concern that had allowed it to escape . |
| 2 | Luckily for the bachelors his enthusiasm did n't catch on . |
| 3 | Most of those who saw the General in the weeks after his resignation did not come away with the impression that he was on the edge of his seat waiting to be asked back . |
| 4 | The fine polish of his technique does not disguise the music 's refinements : this is playing of the utmost subtlety , strength and thoughtful insight . |
| 5 | If his heart does n't give out , thought Frances , for Miss Greedy Eyes dropped her hands and boogied away and what could he do but follow , flinging his arms and legs up and down like a puppet . |
| 6 | His heart did n't seem to be in much of anything , right now . |
| 7 | It was n't Creed in the window , after all , it was just some advert for brilliantine , but his heart did n't know the difference and he sat there until it slowed . |
| 8 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |
| 9 | Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " . |
| 10 | Bush for his part did not refer to them as " hostages " until Aug. 20 , when he told a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that the Iraqi attack on Kuwait was " a ruthless assault on the very essence of international order and civilized ideals " , and condemned the detention of hostages for having violated " all norms of international behaviour " as well as the tenets of Islam and traditions of Arab hospitality . |
| 11 | His decision did not mean that he had abandoned his commitment to persuasion and conversion ; it was the principle of non-violence and not coercion which informed the spirit of his actions . |
| 12 | His decision did n't please the home crowd , but as Hankin said : ‘ It was one of those 50–50 challenges . |
| 13 | Drummond also , presumably , was not averse to the larger salary which was attached to the superior rank , and his tenderness did not stop him from making the journey to Perth to vote for Argyll 's candidate , when John Murray carried the crucial vote for preses of the Michaelmas head court by a single vote . |
| 14 | He is right , though his play does not leave his audiences with much of a zest for battle . |
| 15 | Wickham had let it become obvious that important parts of his story did not coincide with the version supplied by the only other person on the spot but Tavett maintained that what he said was correct . |
| 16 | His paintbrush does not lie — this countryside is idyllic . |
| 17 | They took it well , although Greg Downs will want to know why his defence did n't stop Nick Richardson from scoring . |
| 18 | His contract does n't finish until next July |
| 19 | There was no kind of animosity at all because we are still friends with him but it was just that his presence did n't do anything dramatic for the group creatively so we asked him to go . ’ |
| 20 | Well perhaps his mum do n't want you borrowing his brother 's . |
| 21 | His Mum did n't finish till half-five . |
| 22 | But his Mum did n't answer . |
| 23 | But his Mum did n't like it . |
| 24 | His Mum did n't phone right away . |
| 25 | He tried , but his luck did n't run . |
| 26 | The fears expressed early in Gow 's career regarding the possible effects of his teaching did not prove entirely vain ; his dryness and severity antagonized a number of his pupils , and the austerity of the regime at Trinity encouraged alarming departures from that quality by lesser scholars in certain other places . |
| 27 | But his watch did n't make any attempt at the right label . |
| 28 | The Minister decried the fact that the Film Censorship Board in his Ministry does not have the power to stop private screening of pornographic films in homes and video clubs . |
| 29 | No one but me knows he is smiling because his mouth does not move . |
| 30 | He wished his mouth did n't feel so dry — the air conditioning was hellish at this time of year , but the temperature and humidity without it would be even worse . |