Example sentences of "what he [vb mod] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he wo n't accept are decisions which compromise his principles : principles of openness , honesty and commitment amongst others . |
| 2 | What he ca n't be saying if he understands the system is , " 1 want to vote effectively both for my first-preference candidate and for my second or any lower preference " . |
| 3 | It 's called his brain , and what he ca n't store there he stores in a single cabinet backed with a simple personal computer and word processor . |
| 4 | ‘ Nobody can do what he ca n't , ’ Emily said . |
| 5 | Wigglesworth has remained calm , coped with the aggravations and resolutely has soldiered through the work , saying only that what he ca n't bear is orchestral apathy . |
| 6 | But of course he was right about the trouser bit because Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face ; what he would n't admit to was that she brought in a lot of custom at the week-end , especially when there was a boat in and some of the sailors would make their way up from the quayside and spend freely on chocolate or toffee for their girls . |
| 7 | He was just as straight about what he did n't want , what he would n't do and what he could n't be bothered to do . |
| 8 | What he would n't have done is gone out and bought the girl loads of flowers the next morning and then get caught by me doing it . |
| 9 | Needless to say he might have a tendency to end up doing what he would n't want them doing amongst slurry and such like but . |
| 10 | Sorting out what he should n't be sorting out |
| 11 | I mutter ‘ Nothing ’ , like every lover does when he thinks what he should n't , and I bury kisses in her throat to hide my face . |
| 12 | What he could n't understand was , if Tammuz was Ewan , as he suspected , why he had kept away from the girl . |
| 13 | He was just as straight about what he did n't want , what he would n't do and what he could n't be bothered to do . |
| 14 | That 's what he could n't accept . |
| 15 | ‘ He stripped his chamber of everything , and what he could n't burn , he destroyed . ’ |
| 16 | So you were n't aware of what he could n't do , so much as what he could do and did do , and how little of it you could understand . |
| 17 | He says I 'd better go and check the money so he said erm but what he could n't understand was they wrote to him and said that they have n't paid the cheques but they did n't say anything about freezing his account ! |