Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [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 | ( 1 ) He must not reach a decision which is irrational , that is : |
| 9 | He must not miss a chance when it comes through being preoccupied with something else . |
| 10 | Ruggia did everything possible to take his mind off the fact that he might not have a ride at all . |
| 11 | he might not have a place . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He could not marry a girl of his own age and class , because her father would reject him . |
| 14 | He kept telling his gentle mother , both before and after the death ( in 1911 ) of his more authoritarian and rabbinical father ( the first Lord Swaythling ) , that he could not marry a Jewess because he found them so unattractive . |
| 15 | He complained that according to English Law he could not marry a woman , and that thus he was denied the right to marry and found a family . |
| 16 | I saw that he could not marry a woman of his own generation , for that would double his chances of seeming old . |
| 17 | A law of nature was the last word ; and just as God could not break a law of logic ( by making something both red and green all over , for example ) , so it was felt that He could not break a law of nature . |
| 18 | He said he could not return a verdict of unlawful killing because there was no evidence that the builders intended to kill the couple . |
| 19 | Unfortunately he could not offer a time for his visit . |
| 20 | He began to rake the shadows , furious he could not set a light ; his eyes were keener underwater than in this dark , all shapes around him were phantoms edged in blue in the starlight , but he saw no bundle among the sleeping men that could be Sycorax , no body that was Ariel 's . |
| 21 | You bet him sixpence he could not eat a maggot and he promptly swallowed a live one and grabbed your tanner . |
| 22 | The voice , so accustomed to obedience , continued in courtesy , but its ring of conviction was sharpening , and Miranda sensed that Anthony Everard had reached the point when , if he could not phrase a command as a request , he would assert his authority undisguised . |
| 23 | Taplow 's lips continued to move though his throat was so scorched he could not make a sound . |
| 24 | But the boy was too quick , too sweat-wet slippery he could not gain a purchase : use his weight . |
| 25 | There was something in his attitude which worried Wycliffe but he could not put a finger on it . |
| 26 | He said that he could not have a girl 's time wasted by taking down statements of that kind . |
| 27 | When he came in to put some logs on the sitting-room fire he could not restrain a sob , kneeling there with his back to the coffee-table . |
| 28 | However , I think that his main reason for rejecting the possibility is that he could not imagine a process whereby it could happen . |
| 29 | He had to be able to perform even though already ‘ at this young age he had a realistic approach to his future and with his ‘ banana feet ’ realized that he could not become a danseur noble and that his great interest was in choreography . |
| 30 | The Belgian watched the television , of which he could not understand a word . |