Example sentences of "not [verb] him [prep] the [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 He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing .
3 Paul had not recognized him in the porter 's uniform .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things .
7 ‘ 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 ! ’
8 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 .
9 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 ! "
10 ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 By leaving Brentwoods earlier than anticipated , she had not seen him through the publication of his novel .
16 I 've not seen him since the split . ’
17 I could not look him in the eyes .
18 Even the after effects could not keep him from the final .
19 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 .
20 Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye .
21 But any rational analysis of the outcome of the Democratic primaries makes it clear that Jackson 's racial identity did not and could not defeat him in the voting booth .
22 You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’
23 For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves .
24 Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down .
25 Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it .
26 Norwich manager Mike Walker insisted that Newman 's enforced lay-off would not force him into the transfer market .
27 Sir John Menzies had a recurrent dream , especially on the nights when his young wife would not have him in the bed beside her , or he had been drinking late , and he slept in the side bedroom , which was tall and narrow with two pistols perched on nails in the wall .
28 His repugnance , for example , does not take him to the point of seeking to prevent those who wished to take part in war from doing so .
29 There was a tinge of envy in his tone , for his humdrum childhood home in Croydon had not provided him with the kind of ‘ things ’ his taste now craved .
30 He was neither pallid nor flabby , prison had not marked him in the ways she expected .
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