Example sentences of "he [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his 50 years of Trotskyism he made not one small dent in the capitalist system , but he mortally wounded the movement he claimed to lead . |
| 2 | She said it because Rory was in her mind , and he had told her he lived not many miles from Belleeks , at a little crossroads in the lower hills . |
| 3 | Herodotus has long been regarded as a mythographer as much as a historian , for he records not just the bare facts , but the multiple versions of events he has gathered from a variety of sources . |
| 4 | Cromwell returned from Ireland in 1650 to lead the English resistance to the threat from the Scots , and by his subsequent victories at the battles of Dunbar and Worcester he thwarted not only those who wished to see the return of the house of Stuart , but also those who sought to impose a Presbyterian church on the English people . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He agreed not to go back to the house and got a friend to collect some of his belongings . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I goes , can you go and get and some beers , yeah cos otherwise , I should , you know you said lend us a pound , he goes yeah , I goes well you can yo he goes not a pound , one pound four P ! |
| 10 | In Amman on Oct. 4 he met not only King Hussain but also Iraqi First Deputy Premier Taha Yassin Ramadhan . |
| 11 | He offers not so much an impersonation as an impression of the man . |
| 12 | He fought not for honour or glory but to put an end to the threat of Naggaroth for all time . |
| 13 | His quiet , unassuming exterior hid great determination and considerable inventive ability , which he applied not only to bridges but to a wide range of other technical equipment . |
| 14 | He became not so much a propagandist as a radio ‘ character ’ who had been created by a darker comedy than Tommy Handley 's ITMA . |
| 15 | For the rest of the war , the party 's loyalty to Lloyd George was strengthened when he became not only the organizer of victory but the inspiration of the country . |
| 16 | He asked not to be photographed drinking tea . |
| 17 | He looks not like a peasant from Saratov , but a Civil Servant Grade 5 who has just got off the train from Greenwich . |
| 18 | He tried not to hear himself breathing . |
| 19 | While still using the mirror he tried not to tense his neck muscles , nor to depress his larynx , nor to make the gasping sounds . |
| 20 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 21 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
| 22 | He tried not to look impressed as he slid gingerly across the cream leather of the front seat . |
| 23 | On the outside of the rampart there was an astonishing collection of white skeletons which he tried not to look at but which rattled unpleasantly as the jackals took to their heels at his approach . |
| 24 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 25 | He thought , once again , how large she looked and yet how vulnerable , wearing nothing but her nightdress , kneeling on the floor in front of him so that he could see , although he tried not to , the tops of her ample breasts . |
| 26 | He tried not to panic . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He tried not to look either left or right . |
| 30 | For weeks he tried not to go near it , but he could not stay away from it for long . |