Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] him [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control .
2 I 'm not using him as an excuse or anything , but I do feel he 's got a lot to do with the way my life 's been .
3 He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing .
4 Paul had not recognized him in the porter 's uniform .
5 I 'm grateful that you listen to him , and do not treat him like a fool just because he is old . ’
6 I neither would nor could have murdered him , but I do not regard him as a loss . ’
7 Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant .
8 But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad .
9 She thought of Giles Carnaby both continuously and not at all ; he was permanently in the head , but as some unavoidable elemental force — she could not consider him as a person , reflect upon character or deeds .
10 That old bugger Grunte had not included him in the invitation to dine at some poncy joint called La Noblesse , the smartest part of the Hospitality Inn .
11 The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time .
12 I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things .
13 ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’
14 As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation .
15 I can not dignify him with the name of " physician " … should send to their doom many poor souls who might , with the proper treatment , recover ! "
16 ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye .
17 A win for Akinwande , who beat the much-hyped Herbie Hide for the 1989 ABA title , will elevate him close to a world top-10 rating , if not pushing him into the elite of one of the four organisations .
18 Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later .
19 He had hinted , as Maureen had done , that Pascoe was guilty of fraud but did not implicate him in the murder , and invited Wickham to accept that it was a political killing .
20 He blamed the suppliers of the chemicals and British Steel , who contracted him to do the work , for not warning him about the safety procedure .
21 ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’
22 His handful of Masses , three of them ‘ parodies ’ of motets by his teacher Mouton , do not show him as an innovator .
23 She had not seen him for a month .
24 She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in
25 By leaving Brentwoods earlier than anticipated , she had not seen him through the publication of his novel .
26 I 've not seen him since the split . ’
27 I could not look him in the eyes .
28 Even the after effects could not keep him from the final .
29 Scarlet had understood that she was meant to understand that Brian was a hopeless father and a worthless human being , and she had not told him of the call .
30 Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye .
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