Example sentences of "he not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 When he came for Sunday lunch , I wept and clung to him , begging him not to leave until he had to prise me off .
2 It 's me that told him not to go cos I said , I did n't want to go this week and he did n't go .
3 One man , John Kelly , a former offshore worker and trained first-aider , claimed police told him not to interfere when he asked why they were not helping Mr Murphy .
4 Yeah oh it 's lovely to see him not shaking and coming over to you .
5 I told him not to worry and that I was quite impressed and would be interested in managing the band .
6 ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ?
7 The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God .
8 Did he not go and shoot someone at the clay-pigeon shooting in Ardallt two months ago !
9 Does he not realise that most er Hearts fans , and I 'm a Hearts fan are not Tories , he is , but most of the fans are not !
10 Does he not realise that many Members on both sides of the House and many staff who work here have to eat morning , noon and night in those cafeterias , and that there is a desperate need to take on the services of people who are qualified and at the forefront of their field in this subject ?
11 Does he not realise that unless he is prepared to be more imaginative — for instance , with schemes for converting mortgages to rents — we shall not avoid in the new year thousands of families facing misery , a further plunge in house prices and serious damage to the economy ?
12 Does he not realise that his party is being slaughtered in Scotland ?
13 Does he not realise that his maybe will cost us ?
14 Does he not realise that uncertainty about Britain 's future in Europe will mean higher interest rates when the pound comes under pressure ?
15 As that key area of his governmental responsibilities so far was such a monumental disaster , does he not think that people would be well advised in the weeks ahead to treat any of his judgments , prophesies or predictions with derision ?
16 Does he not think that that could be improved on in any future , but hopefully never to be repeated accident ?
17 Does he not feel that , as they were so ready to move and so well equipped , they knew all about the IRA bombs and probably the timing as well ?
18 Presumably he would have continued in the office for the whole of the pontificate , had he not died before it ended .
19 Did he not know that 33 per cent of married women were going out to work , and that did n't mean they were competing to do Mrs Griffiths-Jones ’ dishes ?
20 Does he not know that one in five of private contracts has ended in failure ?
21 Does he not know that people will actually die , old folk who will turn down the heat without telling anyone ?
22 If he is really concerned to increase the number of homes available to rent , why will he not recognise that of the 700,000 empty properties , 100,000 are in the council sector and 600,000 are privately owned ?
23 Does he not recognise that his Department has failed , because the electorate will on9 April ?
24 Is he not conceding and making clear something that was always true : the 2.5 per cent .
25 If he is so concerned , why did he not come and talk to us ? ’
26 Even though the Prime Minister has not incorporated the provision into the agreement at Maastricht , does he not agree that it is high time that we in this country also took those steps for ourselves ?
27 Does he not agree that such a programme could , amongst other things , establish an effective linkage between western support for economic development and the response from the newly independent states in terms of schedules for comprehensive , verifiable , and quicker disarmament ?
28 As the hon. Gentleman agrees that Scotland is a different nation , why does he not accept that it should have its own system if it prefers , and allow it to have a fair rates system ?
29 Who can he not say that it will be extended ?
30 If he agrees that the position is as we think it should be , why does he not say that he agrees with the proposals in the Green Paper , which we intend to put into legislation ?
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