Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may not carry any other magic item . |
| 2 | A further point was taken by Mr. Scrivener that the decisions referred to in the subsection can only be made by the Secretary of State personally and that he may not delegate or transfer the power to make the decision to a minister of state , as happened in the case of Mr. Pegg . |
| 3 | He may not talk at all … ’ |
| 4 | He may not exercise his rights or he may shirk his duties , but he can not forgo them . |
| 5 | Indeed , he may not mean that they ever are received in their simplicity . |
| 6 | Heseltine may not prove as co-operative as his DTI forebears and , while he may not earn the adulation of predators such as Hanson , he will increasingly enjoy the appreciation of potential targets , such as ICI , Trafalgar House and Vickers . |
| 7 | So , although the hon. Member for Chislehurst feels that he may not achieve headlines in the newspapers , I feel that he will . |
| 8 | He may not fancy it , but it 's a safe bet that he would be the first man to do it . |
| 9 | I could be wrong , and if Kelly plays I sincerely hope he has a good game for if he does n't he may not recover from it , as he will always be known for ‘ screwing it when the Republic needed a win in Windsor ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ For now , it seems , the prince has revealed to Sir Thomas the depth of his regard for you — even going so far as to say that if in due course he may not marry yourself , he will remain unwed . |
| 11 | ‘ But even he may not tell the whole story . ’ |
| 12 | He may not choose to tell us all he knows … . |
| 13 | He may not bring siege-engines when first he comes , ballista and cannon . |
| 14 | Ankle ligament damage has kept Sterland out since the end of last season and another setback means he may not return for weeks . |
| 15 | A man never thinks , when he undertakes one journey , that he may not return from it to contemplate another . |
| 16 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 17 | Even in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man , Joyce 's semi-autobiographical hero wonders whether he may not love ‘ words better than their associations ’ ( Joyce 1916 and 1973 : 167 ) . |
| 18 | He will certainly play another club season at the Quins and , although he certainly nurtures a strong desire to play against the South Africans in November , he realises that come the new season he may not feel quite as strongly . |
| 19 | ‘ Let's face it — he may not want help of any sort . |
| 20 | ‘ But he may not want to see you , ’ warned Mary , as we sat together in the kitchen . |
| 21 | But then he may not invest it , he may just consume . |
| 22 | Exceptionally he may not do so . |
| 23 | Brut a lot of the time , they do n't want to report that their child is riding without lights , but they accept that if you have a quiet word , he may not do it . |
| 24 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 25 | ‘ But he may not think it grand enough . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He is very much in contention for a first-team place , although he may not think so after playing for the juniors . |
| 27 | Although he may not care to remember as far back as a fortnight ago , does he recollect that every candidate in the Kincardine and Deeside by-election , including his own , expressed opposition to the opt-out proposals ? |
| 28 | Dad 's oldest friend — he may not make it . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Rochester is always very popular with the ladies at these parties , so he may not come back for a week or so . ’ |
| 30 | I must confess , my dear Fanny ( his sister ) , that I found your judgement of him was inadequate ; perhaps , too , he may not have been in the mood for playing when you heard him , which is probably often the case ; but I was again enchanted by his playing , and I am convinced that if you , and Father too , had heard some of his best things in the way he played them to me , you would say the same . |