Example sentences of "not [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had tried so hard not to like him as they shared a drink at the Crush Bar , especially after Daphne 's warning about his reputation . |
| 2 | ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said . |
| 3 | She stared at him and seemed not to see him . |
| 4 | ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’ |
| 5 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose it seems like that , but it would have been silly to say no when he was prepared to come , after I 'd been so sad not to see him . |
| 7 | It was better not to see him again . |
| 8 | ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’ |
| 9 | But that morning she had discovered just who ‘ Cousin Naylor ’ was , and , even though she was feeling more than a mite rebellious at his ‘ … it might be in your interests not to see him again' , she did n't want to put her job in jeopardy should Naylor Massingham happen to be passing , and observe Travis 's car again parked at her apartment block . |
| 10 | Having driven herself to meet Travis to obviate Naylor Massingham knowing that she had n't heeded his ‘ … in your interests not to see him again' warning , Leith discovered that she need not have bothered . |
| 11 | ‘ Rachel , ’ he said bitingly , ‘ you 're not to see him again ! ’ |
| 12 | His family , friends and colleagues were not to see him again for 19 months . |
| 13 | The only effect of the agreement was to give Foakes time to pay and not to forgive him anything . |
| 14 | Cooke said : ‘ Ian suffered haematoma and we decided not to risk him . |
| 15 | French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface . |
| 16 | When the Bulgarians chose the Coburg Prince Ferdinand as their ruler ( 7 July 1887 ) , it was Salisbury who warned the powers not to eject him unless they had an agreed successor ready . |
| 17 | ‘ I remember a major who begged us not to kill him , my lord . |
| 18 | Sometimes he talked to it , and asked it not to kill him . |
| 19 | It was impossible not to compare him with her stepfather , so cold , reserved and cautious , and whose passions seemed solely aroused by his business and moneymaking skill . |
| 20 | THE SUCCESSFUL UUUC MPS HAD THE NUMBERS TO HAVE ENABLED HIM TO REMAIN IN OFFICE , BUT WERE BOUND BY AN ELECTION PLEDGE NOT TO SUPPORT HIM . |
| 21 | Lorton was relieved that the clutch gave him no trouble : the wound in his leg had been designed to scare him , not to incapacitate him . |
| 22 | " Because there was n't quite enough lead — enough to keep him down , but not to sink him . |
| 23 | Now she made the decisions , now she was in control , and if , at some future date , she should sell the farmhouse it would be because it was her choice and not to accommodate him . |
| 24 | But they 're careful not to hit him where the bruises will shew . |
| 25 | While Falstaff ( Robbie Coltrane ) is dying , Pistol ( Robert Stephens ) remembers him in former days , carousing and then pleading with Hal not to banish him when King . |
| 26 | Zambia smiled warmly , lovingly , encouragingly , remaining utterly silent so as not to frighten him off . |
| 27 | I will try not to frighten him physically . |
| 28 | ‘ All the better not to know him then , ’ said Lili . |
| 29 | Harry was puzzled that Nicholas seemed not to know him . |
| 30 | I wanted to light a cigarette , but more than that I wanted not to distract him ; his reaching back . |