Example sentences of "he [verb] not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writing to his mother and father , he said he wanted to explain that it was n't extravagance that had led him to buy not one coat but two , and two pairs of trousers . |
| 2 | Its principal commandment , ‘ Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law ’ , to him meant not vulgar hedonism but the honest and honourable fulfilment of a person 's deepest potential . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been a great cause for concern in London , particularly when he lives not far from where the Anti-Terrorist Squad uncovered a quantity of Semtex explosives in an IRA dump . |
| 6 | Look , Pickles , he has n't two beans to rub together . |
| 7 | He has n't got any he 's got no erm he has n't hairy legs . |
| 8 | When that goes , he has n't great reserves of fitness with which to compensate . |
| 9 | The last time we met he had just bought a new boat , having taken up sailing in his spare time ( but he has n't much of that ) . |
| 10 | But he has n't much of a choice . |
| 11 | Lennie knows he has n't any time to play with if Boro are to stay in the big time . |
| 12 | He has n't any other commitments and he would ask that erm he be allowed to pay the fine at the rate of twenty pounds per week . |
| 13 | He has n't any other commitments and he would ask that erm he 'd be allowed to pay the fine at a rate of twenty pounds per week . |
| 14 | And he has n't any children . |
| 15 | ‘ He has n't any right to interfere ! ’ said Melissa angrily . |
| 16 | He has n't any money . ’ |
| 17 | dirty , only bottoms , Paula he has n't any jackets |
| 18 | No but I mean he has n't supposed to come and , you know not really . |
| 19 | Yeah , I know we went in there last week , cos they had these cards , they got those things with six bugs on them , they 're really ugly looking things , Aaron wanted them , he has n't half been playing some tricks on Gary take them down in front of Gary and that Gary 's aagh |
| 20 | The ‘ I ’ describing conversations he has n't direct access to , which he was n't present at , which he may not even have been told about and so may be inventing , is the ‘ character ’ Dostoevsky has turned himself into for the purpose of narrating the provincial chronicle . |
| 21 | Unfortunately your two attacks have left Samson very tired and he has n't enough energy to move . |
| 22 | Some call him a good bread-and-butter player , but he has not apparent weaknesses . |
| 23 | Though , to be sure , he has not red hair , so he can not plead that excuse . |
| 24 | To those who urged the perennial claims of the virtues of community living and quoted Ecclesiastes 4:10 " Woe to him who is alone when he falls ; for he has not another to help him up " , Rolle answered : they do not define " alone " as being " without God " but understand it to mean " without company " . |
| 25 | He pleads not guilty to murder but opening the prosecution at Liverpool Crown Court , Rodney Klevan QC said : ‘ Paula was found hanging by the neck from a rope . |
| 26 | He pleads not guilty of murder , but has admitted stabbing Faye . |
| 27 | ‘ Er , he pleads not guilty m' lud , ’ interjected the defence lawyer , throwing an anxious glance at the man in the dock as he resumed his seat . |
| 28 | He pleaded not guilty . |
| 29 | The 11-year-old , who was barely able to see over the dock rail , looked frightened as he pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Rosetta Fort . |
| 30 | He pleaded not guilty . |