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Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday .
2	I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying .
3	They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday .
4	They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday .
5	Wim Beeren , the Director of the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam who , in the face of deafening criticism , has always defended the restoration , admitted that Goldreyer did not bother to inform him in time about his plans for the last phase of the restoration in which the painted surface was to be treated .
6	NOW we have sent the Calibans grimacing and snarling back to their caves for a further spell , perhaps nice Mr Major will address himself to a problem with which we did not like to trouble him during the election .
7	On the other hand Mrs Singh would lose all her social contacts in the local community once she did not have to take him to school every day .
8	Each replied that he did not wish to see him without consulting his solicitor as the depositions had been taken and it was understood that nothing further was required other than a date to be set for the trial .
9	For example , while the newcomers may fail to understand the skill and local status of the farm worker , they do not wish to treat him as a social outcast — this would run counter to the notion of community with which many newcomers strongly identify .
10	I do not wish to exclude him from such private and individual arenas , for to do so would be to fly in the face of Christian tradition from the fathers to C. S. Lewis and Cardinal Suenens ( 1982 ) in our own time .
11	He knew she did n't want to take him with her .
12	She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway .
13	As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond .
14	She tried to ignore the feeling that she did n't want to leave him by telling herself that she must be there if Dana needed her .
15	After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all .
16	Of course I wanted to help but did n't want to startle him by suddenly appearing .
17	I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own .
18	over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement .
19	She did n't want to tie him to her with obligations .
20	We did n't attempt to touch him for a lizard can easily lose its tail at the defensive snapping point .
21	I did n't like to see him like this so when the second man had gone I turned to Dad .
22	It was better not to know , then she did n't have to picture him with his wife and child in their London house , or at High Brook .
23	I think the Danuese battalions were the idea of someone high up at home and they did n't wish to offend him by indicating that his brainchild was , as Mr Burnett would have said , a white elephant .
24	You do n't want to put him in a corner and have him as an enemy .
25	I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson .
26	I do n't want to leave him for long . ’
27	hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye
28	I do n't want to tell him over the phone , but at the same time I ca n't pretend everything 's all right . ’
29	Oh , I know , you do n't like to ask him for anything my dear , you do n't have to tell me , I 've seen it all before .
30	But if you do n't have to contact the inland revenue , because you do n't need to prove the will because the estate is too small then you do n't have to tell him about the jointly owned property .