Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 155 ) … and even the Soviet morticians could not make him look presentable . |
| 2 | She could not let him throw last night in her face . |
| 3 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 4 | No matter what it cost her , she could not let him leave without trying to speak to him . |
| 5 | Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again . |
| 6 | Now they could not let him slip away . |
| 7 | She could not let him get close to her . |
| 8 | His personal religious feelings would not make him doubt Ramsey , for he owed something in his private religion to that tradition of the Oxford Movement which Ramsey represented . |
| 9 | He hoped she had made up her mind to talk and would not make him lose valuable time persuading her . |
| 10 | I would not have him survive this only to die of a broken heart . ’ |
| 11 | She would not let him matter . |
| 12 | Cameron would not let him go . |
| 13 | Now Whitaker must concentrate on an Olympic challenge with the charismatic grey , as Mr and Mrs Bradley , who would not let him go to Seoul , have given permission for him to compete in Barcelona . |
| 14 | She would not let him go . |
| 15 | The father , thinking it was some foolish notion she had taken to have him out of the boat , took no notice of her frantic signs , but she would not let him go , and dragged him with almost superhuman effort out of the boat . |
| 16 | PACKIE BONNER is angry that Glasgow Celtic boss Liam Brady would not let him go on loan to Premier Division club Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | Gilbert ceased struggling , realising that Cardiff would not let him go until he knew more . |
| 18 | It was hard to leave , too , because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me . |
| 19 | One of his targets was former Pool midfieldman Don Hutchison , but Liverpool would not let him go . |
| 20 | His colleagues , and his boss , President Raul Alfonsin , would not let him succeed . |
| 21 | They would not let him pass . |
| 22 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 23 | I would not let him eat anything canned or frozen , I spoilt him to pieces . |
| 24 | She would not let him get under her skin . |
| 25 | Boo does not conform to the community 's code because when he got into trouble at the age of 18 , his father , a very strict Baptist , undertook to punish his son himself , rather than let the law do it and for the rest of his life until he died , he kept his son away from the outside world and would not let him mix with the neighbours . |
| 26 | She would not let him confuse her with his lies . |
| 27 | She would not let him trample over her ! |
| 28 | She would not let him defeat her . |
| 29 | She would not let him see how much it hurt . |
| 30 | She could feel tears stinging the back of her eyes , but she would not let him see how vulnerable she was . |