Example sentences of "[prep] not [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not so much the whips as the local constituency activists who indirectly but effectively apply sanctions ( such as not readopting him or her ) to keep the overwhelming majority of MPs toeing the party line , and government control very tight . |
| 2 | Softly , so as not to wake him , she turned her long slim form until she was face to face with his sleeping figure . |
| 3 | ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said . |
| 4 | Despite my anger and despair at what had happened to Brian , killing myself now would n't make amends for not helping him . |
| 5 | He told us off for not taking him there |
| 6 | Nick Brown was wrongly imprisoned , and has criticised the Foreign Office for not getting him released earlier . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now this short note cruelly dashed his hopes : the mysterious writer apologised for not meeting him but asked him to wait amongst the ancient ruins to the north-west of the Tower . |
| 9 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 10 | Hodge reported on 7 July that Rhee had issued a statement criticising the Americans for not supporting him ; this was in keeping with Rhee 's denunciation of the State Department and of an alleged plot to assassinate General Brown . |
| 11 | Some excuse would be made for not telling him . |
| 12 | She felt so guilty for not telling him what he was in for . |
| 13 | ‘ And you see , if you tell him I had n't felt well , he 'd be so cross with me for not waking him up . ’ |
| 14 | When the other rabbit spoke , however , it was clear that either he had no interest in what Hazel had said , or else he had some other reason for not questioning him . |
| 15 | I wanted to thank you — for not enlightening him . ’ |
| 16 | Taylor was upset with Platt before the Turkey game for not informing him of the serious nature of the injury but the player surprised him by playing at Wembley with his usual effectiveness . |
| 17 | An excuse for not consulting him was given much later — as part of this close island community , he may also have been involved . |
| 18 | Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity . |
| 19 | Cheney declared himself " stunned , angry and frustrated " by his involvement in the scandal and , like many other offenders , blamed dubious administrative practices by the bank for not keeping a more accurate record of the state of his account and for not keeping him more closely informed of his financial position . |
| 20 | In 1863 , in a note written on a rare visit to England from his self-imposed exile in warmer climes , Lear apologises to Gould for not visiting him because , ‘ all my daylight hours have gone in the service of the old Enemy — Lithography . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There have been certain views about Nigel all the time and I 've sometimes been criticised for not playing him . |
| 22 | He 's even accused me of not loving him ! |
| 23 | I was terrified — both of leaving him and also of not leaving him , in order to go for help . |
| 24 | It also reinforces his case by demonstrating the implications of not giving him the cash that he needs . |
| 25 | Yeah I do n't say we do n't row , I do n't say we do n't argue and get on each other 's nerves , we do , but when he goes back to work now for a couple of days it 'll take me three or four days to settle down into not having him there . |
| 26 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 27 | But Moubarak argued that he might have misjudged the colt 's preparation in not giving him sufficient work since he was found to be suffering from a minor skin infection on his legs after his previous race . |
| 28 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 29 | All that was left to her now was to not let him know just how much he had hurt her . |
| 30 | Clearly though she is disappointed at not seeing him — and is concerned for his welfare . |