Example sentences of "[adj] not [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held the door open for her and she was very careful not to touch him as she passed . |
| 2 | But they 're careful not to hit him where the bruises will shew . |
| 3 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 4 | They were careful not to disturb him . |
| 5 | If I were you Dusty I 'd be careful not to annoy him today . ’ |
| 6 | Above all , we must be careful not to exhaust him further . |
| 7 | As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’ |
| 8 | It was impossible not to compare him with her stepfather , so cold , reserved and cautious , and whose passions seemed solely aroused by his business and moneymaking skill . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose it seems like that , but it would have been silly to say no when he was prepared to come , after I 'd been so sad not to see him . |
| 10 | When his freckled face screwed up with childish annoyance , it was hard not to notice him , or take notice of him . |
| 11 | I had been stupid not to trust him , I had behaved badly , disregarded and neglected him . |
| 12 | It is specially important not to let him vegetate in front of the television for long periods . |
| 13 | It is essential not to confound him with the greater Frederick II ( Hohenstaufen ) , holy Roman emperor from 1215 to 1250 , and before that ( 1198–1212 ) king of Sicily as Frederick I. For this great figure , author of The Book of the Falcon and a hero for Dante as well as Pound , is to figure portentously in the Thrones cantos to come as we shall see . |
| 14 | ‘ It would be criminal not to get him proper attention . |
| 15 | They immediately stepped back , anxious not to alarm him . |
| 16 | She stopped , anxious not to offend him . |
| 17 | ‘ Leave them on my desk , Jimmy , ’ she bade him , and , because it was n't efficient not to tell him where she would be if needed , ‘ Mr Massingham wants to see me . |
| 18 | Trained by Peter Monteith at Rosewell , just outside Edinburgh , the nine-year-old has been waiting the good ground he will encounter today and , in the words of his trainer , with prizes going down to £4,000 for fourth place and £600 for sixth , ‘ it would be mad not to run him ’ . |