Example sentences of "[be] not [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’ |
2 | ‘ Rachel , ’ he said bitingly , ‘ you 're not to see him again ! ’ |
3 | His family , friends and colleagues were not to see him again for 19 months . |
4 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
5 | John sometimes becomes political , and the easiest thing is not to contradict him . |
6 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
7 | He went to her , and told her how much he loved her , and that she was not to heed him ; it was the headaches that made him distracted ; that day he had been almost blind ; Mr Lamprey had suggested spectacles , and perhaps now he could afford them . |
8 | And the trick was not to let him . |
9 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |