Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb infin] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wealth did not make him lavish , however ; he had always been careful about money — indeed , he was economical in all areas of life , even in small matters such as ensuring that all the tea in a tea-pot had actually been drunk — and Joseph Chiari has remembered how he kept a regular account of his expenses in a pocket notebook . |
| 2 | Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer . |
| 3 | But it did not make him more in charity with Chips Salter . |
| 4 | If he was not to be a lecturer at Cambridge because they did not think him academic enough , and if he was not to be a parish priest because he could not keep teenagers in order and because the adults were said not to understand him and because he felt a teaching vocation , where was his right place ? |
| 5 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |
| 6 | I did not watch him all the way but looked for another target . |
| 7 | She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not suck him dry ! |
| 9 | She did not press him further during the journey . |
| 10 | Mr Afshar was not an intellectual and his position did not afford him great administrative power . |
| 11 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
| 12 | He was contacted by a mission from Force 136 who did not find him cooperative . |
| 13 | ‘ And if it was a pay-off it did n't do him any good . ’ |
| 14 | We did n't do him any good at all . |
| 15 | Yeah well my husband 's talking about getting one of those because I mean after I did n't tell him all the details |
| 16 | I do n't want to see Mr Jackson tomorrow , but I did n't tell him that . |
| 17 | I refused because I was afraid for the baby , though I did n't tell him that . |
| 18 | The same officer who had let him say goodbye to his friend Boris , but she did n't tell him that . |
| 19 | I did n't tell him that , though . |
| 20 | He was a strange , rather lonely man with a lonely job that was highly pressured and did n't leave him any time to make friends or indulge in theatre gossip . |
| 21 | Perhaps Lou had told him the monstrous lie that I did n't love him any more ? |
| 22 | The moment she knew it she did n't want him any more , simple as that . |
| 23 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 24 | How could it be , when she did n't want him any more ? |
| 25 | NIGEL 'S FLU DID N'T EARN HIM ANY SYMPATHY FROM GINA . |
| 26 | Even the sight of Little Chef and the ponies longingly looking out for her every morning did n't make him relent . |
| 27 | They did n't make him redundant this time , they just sank the ships he was on . |
| 28 | That did n't stop him roving , teasing , passing and crossing that bit better than anyone else on the field , a constant delight to the eye . |
| 29 | you did n't lend him another one , |
| 30 | There were few signposts and the rough roads had waterfilled potholes deep enough to drown a man — if the footpads did n't get him first . |