Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [vb infin] him with [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ If Birkenhead stood alone , ’ Baldwin self-righteously pronounced , ‘ I would not touch him with a barge-pole . ’ |
3 | She would not touch him with a bargepole , she said , and never would have done . |
4 | I would n't trust him with a play like Amadeus , playing a part like Salieri , if I did n't have belief in his talent . |
5 | I would n't trust him with the keys . |
6 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
7 | ‘ Section D. I 'm afraid ‘ C ’ would n't touch him with a bargepole . |
8 | 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 ! " |