Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface . |
| 2 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 3 | Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye . |
| 4 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 5 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |
| 6 | It is essential not to confound him with the greater Frederick II ( Hohenstaufen ) , holy Roman emperor from 1215 to 1250 , and before that ( 1198–1212 ) king of Sicily as Frederick I. For this great figure , author of The Book of the Falcon and a hero for Dante as well as Pound , is to figure portentously in the Thrones cantos to come as we shall see . |
| 7 | Mark Hazell has been granted a judicial review of Avon County Council 's decision not to place him in the residential home of his own choosing , Milton Heights in Oxfordshire . |
| 8 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |