Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] him by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alured 's son John became a colonel in Ireland but did not survive him by many years . |
| 2 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 3 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 4 | If we do not oppose him by force then we must be willing to see all that we love and value go under for at least a generation . |
| 5 | I started by saying to Harold that I had been told about his Honours List — I did not tell him by whom — and I hoped that what I heard was mistaken . |
| 6 | His message got through : Laniel approved a proposal to send a Socialist Deputy , Alain Savary , to open up preliminary talks , but Bidault , now Foreign Minister and still a hawk , refused : ‘ Ho Chi Minh is giving in ; do not support him by this contact . ’ |
| 7 | He could n't see him by the house or in the trees at the bottom of the big lawn . |