Example sentences of "not [vb infin] him " in BNC.

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31 negligently allowing the goods to be stolen ) would not make him liable for conversion though if he were a bailee of the goods he might be liable in detinue in such circumstances .
32 • Many poisons cause as much damage coming back up as they do going down , so do not make him vomit unless you are sure it is safe to do so .
33 That did not make him a criminal under section 14 .
34 But it did not make him more in charity with Chips Salter .
35 We can create conditions for an employer , but we can not make him employ someone under those conditions .
36 Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " .
37 I decided that , whatever else happened , tonight I would not make him angry .
38 ( 155 ) … and even the Soviet morticians could not make him look presentable .
39 And she did not want him to go .
40 I did not want him to see me .
41 ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered .
42 She said she did not want him staring at her , she wanted a bit of her life to herself ; without having to share it with Randolph Ash .
43 I do NOT want him going to some —
44 This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation .
45 I do not want him to return now .
46 He is conscious that his wife would not want him to let slide everything she worked so hard to achieve .
47 ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’
48 But Fergie will not want him there too much .
49 I did not want him to be alone with Otto .
50 It was as if she did not want him there .
51 as if she too did not want him there , not then , not at that moment
52 So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out .
53 His wife did not want him , and was happy to divorce him .
54 She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone .
55 There could never be any resolution of her love for David , but she did not want him to think that his feelings were unwanted or unreciprocated .
56 ‘ Maybe she does not want him to think that she is surrendering herself too easily , ’ he suggested .
57 They did not want him to make the comparison himself .
58 She did not want him now .
59 She hoped she did not sound too sarcastic , she did not want him to ring off .
60 The factory did not want him .
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