Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [vb infin] him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know why Barny chose to eat his own chicks , but I must n't judge him in human terms .
2 Let him be Gazza — you should n't want him to be anyone else .
3 He watched her trembling lip , and added , ‘ You should n't put him on a pedestal .
4 He was right , but she could n't leave him like this .
5 But I could n't leave him like that , his back and legs bare .
6 ‘ When my boyfriend tried to touch me , I could n't stand him to be near me .
7 You could n't blame him for losing his cool . ’
8 I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him .
9 But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door .
10 But I could n't shake him on it , so then I concentrated on finding out which hospital you were in .
11 ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days .
12 She found she could n't tell him after all .
13 So we could n't fit him in either , so we 've actually sold Marvin sadly to Poole , which erm he 'll lead those to a good team I think .
14 He could n't throw him to the wolves of his colleagues at the Factory .
15 I could n't kick him in the teeth after three years of good work and live with myself .
16 I could n't bear him near me after . ’
17 She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma …
18 She reached for Miguel 's hand , but he must have moved back and she could n't feel him near her .
19 At this stage I could n't expect him to be on the bit , but nor did I want him slopping along .
20 You could n't expect him to be logical , I should 've learnt that by now .
21 His friends at the time knew better , especially the seemingly laid-back J Mascis , who could n't eject him from the group on a face-to-face basis .
22 Derby winner Dr Devious also raced freely before weakening into 10th and jockey Chris McCarron , who replaced regular rider John Reid , reported afterwards : ‘ I could n't control him at all . ’
23 He 'd been a gentleman , she could n't fault him on that .
24 Pity she could n't take him into the nightclub , Tramp .
25 Edouard was sent back home , they could n't have him at work looking like that . ’
26 Now we could n't have him in this year to give the others a chance so this is how you voted for the nineteen ninety three racing personality of the year on Channel Four and let's take it in reverse order starting with the person who finished fourth .
27 It 's like , with Sharon Stone , even at the end she was still dependent on Michael Douglas , like , when he was going she was crying and she could n't kill him at the end cos she loved him so much and , you know what I mean , so no , Body of Evidence , it 'll probably have a rubbish end and she 'll probably marry the lawyer or something , but it was still good to see her beat , tying a man up , putting candle wax on him and shit .
28 Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ?
29 I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all .
30 He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first .
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