Example sentences of "not [vb infin] him for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's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 . |
| 2 | She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma … |
| 3 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 4 | He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |