Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings . |
| 2 | But he agreed not to complain about her market-minded vision of the Community and she not to bully him about France 's half-in , half-out position in NATO . |
| 3 | He told me I was turning into a jealous old queen but before he slammed the phone down he agreed not to tell Mother about the death . |
| 4 | Allen said he agreed not to bring the children to his house and abided by her rules , including only visiting the children in the hallway of Farrow 's flat . |
| 5 | For weeks he tried not to go near it , but he could not stay away from it for long . |
| 6 | Pete felt a stirring of apprehension then , rising like a deepwater fish to the sunlight ; and although he tried not to let it show , Alina seemed to perceive it . |
| 7 | He tried not to let his feelings show in his eyes ; but he sensed that the scribe knew them anyway . |
| 8 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 9 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
| 10 | He tried not to think of that other night , more than five years ago , when he and Ebenezer had walked this same path , on their way — or so they thought — to release Izzy Kleiber . |
| 11 | Commander Abigail did n't even like the area : it caused him shame and guilt to consider it , he tried not to think about it . |
| 12 | These days he tried not to think of his son too much . |
| 13 | While still using the mirror he tried not to tense his neck muscles , nor to depress his larynx , nor to make the gasping sounds . |
| 14 | He tried not to imagine what it would be like to drown in the Ankh . |
| 15 | He tried not to stare at her . |
| 16 | He tried not to panic . |
| 17 | He tried not to hear himself breathing . |
| 18 | He tried not to look impressed as he slid gingerly across the cream leather of the front seat . |
| 19 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 20 | He tried not to look either left or right . |
| 21 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 22 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 23 | He has n't been humble , he has n't grovelled , he is deemed to be arrogant — if he is , it 's probably that inner confidence which has brought him through his ordeal with such sanity and poise . |
| 24 | Though to be honest he has n't called this past thousand years . |
| 25 | ‘ With friends , you do n't introduce yourself , there 's no need to ring and say ‘ It 's Tessa here ’ , you just pick up the phone and wail : ‘ I threw up last night , ’ or ‘ I ca n't stand it , he has n't called . ’ |
| 26 | He has n't stopped coming to see you , has he ? ’ |
| 27 | He has n't altered , that I can see , since he came away a rich man . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah well he has n't altered them |
| 29 | Although Southall likes to wear black — he was head to toe in it on international duty for Wales in Belgium on Wednesday — he has n't lost his colourful sense of humour . |
| 30 | Just to show he has n't lost that wicked sense of humour , he keeps a chicken 's head mask on the passenger seat of his car which he slips on whenever he is recognised . |