Example sentences of "be not [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not proposing him for Moderator , but I am pressing his case . |
| 2 | But once we do so , once we see that by calling God ‘ transcendent ’ we are not banishing Him to some distant celestial isle from which to look down on us , then it becomes easier and not harder to understand His presence . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're not helping him by behaviour like this , ’ snapped Drew . |
| 4 | I mean you 're not locking him in any more are you ? |
| 5 | By your own admission , when you 're not quizzing him about everything , you 're confronting him and toying with the idea of hitting him . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're not asking him to . |
| 7 | I 'm not using him as an excuse or anything , but I do feel he 's got a lot to do with the way my life 's been . |
| 8 | I 'm not meeting him by appointment . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 10 | What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . |
| 11 | 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 ) ! |
| 12 | When Gina was not smacking him with the laundry bag or scratching his face , they lived a life of complete indifference to one another . |