Example sentences of "not [vb pp] to him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the ‘ evidence ’ comes from the subject himself and is not given to him by another person . |
| 2 | The fact that the title of Khan was a military as well as a civil appointment had not occurred to him until now , but now that he thought about it , the suggestion seemed ridiculous . |
| 3 | For instance , if he has money of the client in his hands not entrusted to him for any specific purpose , there is nothing in the section to prevent his retaining the amount due to him out of that money . |
| 4 | the driving by the Policyholder of any motor car not belonging to him and not hired to him under a Hire Purchase Agreement . |
| 5 | A 19-year-old single girl took an overdose of tablets after claiming to be in love with a priest — despite the fact she had not spoken to him for four years . |
| 6 | There is one woman who regularly gazes across to her old home at Wouldham and if her brother is in his garden can see him plainly , but has n't spoken to him for several years . |
| 7 | It was now the second week in January and she had n't spoken to him since the night of the Christmas dance . |
| 8 | She had n't spoken to him since New Year 's Eve , since Violette had told her . |
| 9 | She had n't spoken to him since leaving the harbour . |
| 10 | Like many of the expatriate teachers here , he obviously has strong sympathies with the Chinese communist line , and that 's probably why we were n't introduced to him by the embassy . |