Example sentences of "not [vb infin] him [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how dared the man standing between herself and the light so that she could not see him clearly speak so harshly of what she had done ? |
| 2 | He said today : ‘ I just can not see him ever coming back , not after this length of time . |
| 3 | Artemis could not remember him ever giving her anything ever before . |
| 4 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 5 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 6 | He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained . |
| 7 | I might have thought that the right hon. Gentleman would draw the attention of the House to his views on the two new clauses , but I do not recall him even mentioning them . |
| 8 | At present an agoraphobic shag is languishing at the wildlife centre and , despite every inducement , Mrs Bolton can not persuade him even to get his feet wet . |
| 9 | In any event an engineer must know his science and particularly the limitations on that knowledge but in general his scientific literacy does not help him either to design a product or to write a computer program to control the product 's function . |
| 10 | ‘ But we do n't want him just to put them into a cupboard ? ’ |
| 11 | His parents did n't send him here to have the teachers live his life for him . ’ |
| 12 | Ca n't remember him ever talking to me about this . |
| 13 | ‘ And his fellow directors do n't mind him just going off by himself without letting them know where he is ? |
| 14 | He thinks it 's because of the sausages that people do n't like him enough to ask him to tea ; but it is n't really . |
| 15 | And I do n't like him always ordering me about . |
| 16 | I could n't understand him really saying that . |
| 17 | I did n't see him actually bomb . |
| 18 | Well it do n't take him long does it ? |
| 19 | It did n't take him long to realize that one less headache was getting rid of me . |
| 20 | ‘ He has that particular continental style but it wo n't take him long to gel . |
| 21 | ‘ You see , it did n't take him long to find the riff-raff , ’ Moran said . |
| 22 | It did n't take him long to master the basics of what British Steel was all about and he has been just as versatile in acquiring an understanding of a diverse range of other businesses , from computers and oil drilling to knitwear machines . |
| 23 | We 're not saying that that er has been done er through all the cheap channels I do n't blame him probably do the same . |
| 24 | Do n't let him ever remember what the sun-god told him , or it will be the worse for you . " |
| 25 | Somehow I ca n't imagine him ever giving money away — except by mistake on a race course or at the gambling tables ! |
| 26 | He does n't tell us anything about that side of things but I ca n't imagine him ever finishing with someone . |
| 27 | Nobody there , but he could n't be more than a few yards away and Forester 's fingers would n't obey him enough to get the buckles properly secured . |
| 28 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |