Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | His owner must not shampoo him while he 's knotty as it will tighten the knots and make them harder to remove . |
| 2 | You must not think him ridden with angst just because , for once , he 's agreed to discuss with us the things he normally ignores . |
| 3 | I agree that we must not tell him , but he is sure to find out , you know . |
| 4 | She must not fail him . |
| 5 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 6 | She must not lose him again . |
| 7 | ‘ But , Your Grace , I insist you must not trust him . |
| 8 | With suppressed excitement and relief at the possibility of preoccupation , he told the Foreign Secretary that the crisis of the monarchy was upon them , that he ( Eden ) must go and read his own overseas correspondence on the subject ( which he had not apparently hitherto done ) , and that he must not trouble him ( Baldwin ) too much with foreign affairs just now . |
| 9 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 10 | We should not advise him in what circumstances the claim would be covered under the policy . |
| 11 | Again , so far as the language of the statute is concerned , I can see no reason in principle why the constable in the course of explaining to the driver his rights under section 8(2) should not tell him , if it be the case , that he , the constable , will require the replacement specimen to be of blood . |
| 12 | We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism . |
| 13 | Notorious was his initial estimate of reparations to be extracted from Germany — £20 billion — ‘ and if anybody went for forty billions , I should not disbelieve him ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Just as you like , ’ said Burden , turning his face away so that Wexford should not see him smile . |
| 15 | But perhaps Gabriel and Boldwood were right , and she should not see him again ? |
| 16 | While you can substitute another activity for one the patient wants to abandon , you should not allow him to stop and do nothing . |
| 17 | That may not bother him because it was in Christchurch that he had his Ireland tour brought to a premature end last year by a punch from Canterbury 's Andy Earl which broke his jaw . |
| 18 | In any event , knowledge within the firm of the identity of the intermediary 's client may not identify him if the salesman or perhaps the dealer concerned did not know either that the intermediary was acting as intermediary or the identity of the client ; this is a Chinese wall-type question . |
| 19 | What with the cacophony of sounds assailing us from all sides and the crowd of shoppers jostling and pressing between and around us , this reply may not give him a very clear indication of where I am standing . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh well , ’ she said , ‘ you may not see him again . |
| 21 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 22 | You may not know him , |
| 23 | Off the field you may not notice him . |
| 24 | As the enemy closes in , the hero , safe in the knowledge that his comrades have made it to safety , shoots himself so that the enemy may not take him alive . |
| 25 | But you know , let's not talk him all the time because I think some of our players gave good performances today . |
| 26 | Let's not forget him , ’ he reminded her , eyes challenging hers until she was forced to let her gaze drop . |
| 27 | However she was honest enough to feel that , as she had begun the courting by sending him the valentine , she ought not to refuse him now . |
| 28 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 29 | We might not recognize him — |
| 30 | This might not stop him reacting still more strongly in favour of theft , from the viewpoints of all who as an anarchist he believes to suffer from the institution of private property ; but otherwise he has to put the danger on the same side of the scales as the slight loss to the old relative , against the great gain to himself . |