Example sentences of "[adv] not [vb infin] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her now , a sheepish half-smile on his face that said , ‘ I 'd better not antagonise him further by passing a minute with you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am sorry , I really am , ’ she said sincerely , deciding she 'd better not press him further . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 4 | She knew she had better not tell him how much it had cost . |
| 5 | Ooh better not leave him in the kitchen or the dogs 'll eat him |
| 6 | He 'd better not let him loose . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But you 'd better not see him for too long . |
| 8 | Remembered the horrible , fair , insinuating Frome sidling up to her at the counter and suddenly , unexpectedly , braying out for the whole shop to hear in exaggerated cockney : ‘ Better not fatten him up too much , love , or he 'll be too heavy to baby-snatch . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Cathy Henderson better not hear him on like that , ’ Natasha said . |
| 10 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 11 | I do n't know the driver and I would rather not know him . |
| 12 | I 'd rather not see him . |
| 13 | I do n't think he 'd mind much , but I 'd sooner not try him out . |
| 14 | You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 15 | The old man would often not recognize him , and at the most answered with a phrase or two or a grunt . |
| 16 | ‘ He says the players would often not see him from one day to the next . |