Example sentences of "[adv] not [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She worshipped him and was canny enough not to let him know . |
| 2 | If George Bush survives the Presidential elections in November it will be because the Democrats can produce nothing better than Bill Clinton whose appalling record on capital punishment ( he likes it ) is reason enough not to want him . |
| 3 | She knew she 'd been right not to trust him , guessed she had lost his support and did the only thing possible — tore at the bread with her teeth , one bite , two … three — stuffing her mouth till the bread protruded and she could hardly chew . |
| 4 | She had been right not to trust him . |
| 5 | She had been right not to trust him , for he seduced with soft words , with heat and passion and false promises of safety . |
| 6 | A third point was that Crown counsel at the trial , Mr. Pantry , improperly tried to cross-examine the defendant and also commented to the jury on the defendant 's exercise of the right to silence and that the trial judge was wrong not to correct him . |
| 7 | She should have learned long ago not to take him seriously . |
| 8 | She had tried so hard not to like him as they shared a drink at the Crush Bar , especially after Daphne 's warning about his reputation . |
| 9 | When Mr Gilbey gets too serious , she tries hard not to inflame him . |
| 10 | The mother also agreed to place a small plate of Ben 's favourite food ( chunks of cheese and pieces of apple ) in front of him at meal-times but then not to watch him eat by getting on with a job in the kitchen . |
| 11 | At Heathrow I 'd been asked specifically not to tranquillise him in case of the possibility of side-effects which could have seriously affected his future stud career . |