Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him to desist not from his prayers but from his actions because I felt sure that God wanted to prepare the Anglican priest for his death . |
| 2 | In desperation he lifted her bodily off the ground so that she was helplessly pinned against his solid frame , and she discovered to her horror that hating him did n't in any way negate the way he could make her feel . |
| 3 | He fought not for honour or glory but to put an end to the threat of Naggaroth for all time . |
| 4 | He asked not to be photographed drinking tea . |
| 5 | He looks not like a peasant from Saratov , but a Civil Servant Grade 5 who has just got off the train from Greenwich . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | so he tried not to look but he 's , you know |
| 9 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 10 | He has n't as a matter of fact |
| 11 | No he has n't at all . |
| 12 | He has n't after all said anything false , because he has n't said anything at all : all he 's done is sigh . |
| 13 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 14 | Though Xorandor resigns himself to his fate , he tells the children a secret : he has not in fact come from Mars at all but is a member of a race that has been living on Earth for millions of years , communicating over vast distances through radio pulses in binary code . |
| 15 | ‘ He pretended not to be interested , I dare say . |
| 16 | She was looking after her father in his old age as she had always said she would , but instead of satisfaction she felt only guilt — guilt at her own impatience when he behaved not as her father but like a disobedient child . |
| 17 | Had a word with Vic about the script and he says not to worry but they always say that at this stage , do n't they ? |
| 18 | Jesus said he came not for such ‘ virtuous ’ people but to give hope to those who were aware of their need of God . |
| 19 | ‘ He came not as a senator , ’ said Mr Donlan , on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
| 20 | He turned not to the developing rage for eclecticism , but to the French Renaissance style of the Second Empire . |
| 21 | The employee need not work out the period of notice if he prefers not to , although he loses his right to wages in lieu of notice . |
| 22 | From his youth , says Bishop Buckeridge , ‘ he was totally addicted to the study of good letters ’ , and at Merchant Taylors School ‘ he accounted that time lost that he spent not on his studies , arising at four o'clock in the morning , and studying late into the night ’ . |
| 23 | Here in Portugal he pretends not to be a doctor , probably wisely , and steers well clear of anyone who is sick or injured , Lourdes with her dramatic fevers or Tolo knock-kneed with gout , even Rosa 's scrapes and sprains . |
| 24 | Darwin introduced a new element into the equation because he started not from the fossil record but from field studies , which forced him to consider the real-life pressures acting upon species in the course of geological time . |
| 25 | In addition , Anderson appears even more impolite when replying to the chairman because he appears not to be upholding the Co-operative Principle either , thus implicating his antipathy for the Colloquium . |
| 26 | ‘ He decided not to . ’ |
| 27 | He decided not to . |
| 28 | Derek debated whether to telephone Charlotte Ladram and offer his condolences , but , in the end , he decided not to . |
| 29 | On my advice he decided not to . |
| 30 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |