Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 2 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 3 | Her eyelashes fluttered down to hide feelings she dared not let him see . |
| 4 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 5 | I guessed , but did not make him confirm my guess . |
| 6 | It did not make him feel any cleaner . |
| 7 | We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed . |
| 8 | Antony looked apologetic but Connon did not let him speak . |
| 9 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 10 | She did not see him leave . |
| 11 | I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns . |
| 12 | They felt it right that Wendy did not see him die . |
| 13 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 14 | She had not heard him approach her . |
| 15 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 16 | Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in . |
| 17 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
| 18 | I had not seen him smoke before , and did not know he did . |
| 19 | She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon . |
| 20 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 21 | The house sighed , wishing it had not let him start . |