Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he decides to go the Hollywood route , he may not have a choice . |
| 2 | But he may not have a home to go back to . |
| 3 | Next year he may not get a drive at all . |
| 4 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 5 | He may not ride a Monster . |
| 6 | However , since he may not release a prisoner unless and until he is recommended to do so by the Parole Board , the stage in an individual prisoner 's sentence at which the board considers whether to make a recommendation for his release is therefore very important . |
| 7 | If possible , he should not have a television in the room where he spends most of his time . |
| 8 | I did n't see why he should n't suffer a bit . |
| 9 | He did n't see why he should n't have a stab at the more serious mode of public address . |
| 10 | She added : ‘ It was a joint decision when it was decided that he should n't retire a couple of years ago . |
| 11 | ( 1 ) He must not reach a decision which is irrational , that is : |
| 12 | He must not miss a chance when it comes through being preoccupied with something else . |
| 13 | Ruggia did everything possible to take his mind off the fact that he might not have a ride at all . |
| 14 | he might not have a place . |
| 15 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 16 | I reckon he could easily have shot 64 again in the last round , but he could n't hole a putt . |
| 17 | ‘ He could n't cure a side of bacon , ’ muttered Jackie . |
| 18 | But he could n't invent a love that had never been there and he felt that Lou would be better off without him . |
| 19 | He wanted so badly to ask Swan this question , but he could n't speak a word of bird-language . |
| 20 | He could n't tell a lie to save his life . ’ |
| 21 | He could n't tell a woman like Maggie Byrne that thoughts of Sarah were blighting his relationship with his wife , and turning him to celibacy . |
| 22 | I said he could n't tell a line of dialogue from a line of coke and anyway his face was carved out of corned beef , and he threatened to punch me . |
| 23 | He tried , I heard him ; he could n't make a fuss , Mum would have heard . |
| 24 | Rainey believes he could n't make a corner at GP speed if he merely sat on the bike without pushing down — hard . |
| 25 | Cos I noticed when we were there and it just collapsed he could n't walk a lot . |
| 26 | He could n't give a damn about anybody — that was one of the things that was so attractive about him . |
| 27 | Er he could n't give a damn about er |
| 28 | He sounded as if he could n't give a damn either way . |
| 29 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 30 | They seem to have treated the lifters as brainlessly as they did a student with a night job in Bournemouth when he could n't give a sample despite an hour of trying on a roasting day in London . |