Example sentences of "[pron] not [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother was talking to the police at the time , but she insisted on dressing him herself , and told everyone not to touch him . |
| 2 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 3 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Josh told me not to disturb him . |
| 5 | a boys ' school and the headmaster there advised me not to put him there , he said send him to Newport Grammar school it 's the best school in Essex , best grammar school in Essex and he said that my two boys go there |
| 6 | He asked me not to misquote him . |
| 7 | ‘ If I ever have a man , remind me not to introduce him to you . ’ |
| 8 | But he had advised them not to contact him when they arrived in Bucharest . |
| 9 | But he agreed not to complain about her market-minded vision of the Community and she not to bully him about France 's half-in , half-out position in NATO . |
| 10 | ‘ I was to blame for ordering you not to harm him . |
| 11 | Well he does to me , and I 'll thank you not to call him a bastard ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I told you not to underestimate him . ’ |
| 13 | He took a step towards her as he started to unbutton his shirt , and she forced herself not to give him the satisfaction of moving away . |
| 14 | She even started making other arrangements so she would n't just end up sitting at home staring at the phone and forcing herself not to ring him and say her plans had changed and she was free after all . |
| 15 | His words implied that there were two grades of fidelity : one which obliged a fidelis to promote his lord 's interests in all things , and another that simply bound him not to injure him . |
| 16 | He , previously so detached , was now begging her not to leave him . |
| 17 | The look he gave her decided her not to press him . |
| 18 | He asked her not to remember him as a bad man but as someone who had made a mistake . |
| 19 | Linda Baughan , Donald 's sister-in-law , said he was still in love with his wife and had begged her not to divorce him . |
| 20 | It never occurred to her not to believe him , or even to ask for identification . |
| 21 | Robyn almost smiled with relief as she appraised his advancing figure — she already heard herself describing him to Charles or Penny as ‘ a funny little man ’ — but the strength of his handshake , and the glint in his dark brown eyes , warned her not to underestimate him . |
| 22 | Sometimes he talked to it , and asked it not to kill him . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I remember a major who begged us not to kill him , my lord . |