Example sentences of "not have [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the normal way I would not have followed him into the gunsmith 's , a place of such absolute masculinity , smelling of game and metal , ringing with men 's talk . |
| 2 | But revision would not have saved him from his misunderstandings , his reluctance to think , his complete lack of biological imagination . |
| 3 | Wickham suspected he looked dubious because she hurried on : ‘ Oh , I know you 're thinking I might not have noticed him at the bar . |
| 4 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 5 | On the other hand Mrs Singh would lose all her social contacts in the local community once she did not have to take him to school every day . |
| 6 | Were he to appear now , in the moonlit room , Chant would not have accused him of negligence , but made proper obeisances and been glad that his inspiration had returned . |
| 7 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 8 | My friend , the student , could not have begun to agree to that , and of course the taxi driver would not have allowed him to . |
| 9 | I could n't have stopped him with an anti-tank gun . |
| 10 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 11 | ‘ It would n't have killed him to be here for once . ’ |
| 12 | We would n't have wanted him to be on anyone else 's . ’ |
| 13 | I would n't have wanted him to . |
| 14 | But if you do n't have to contact the inland revenue , because you do n't need to prove the will because the estate is too small then you do n't have to tell him about the jointly owned property . |
| 15 | Poor Stephen — she should n't have teased him by exaggerating her friendship with Martin the way she had . |
| 16 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 17 | She would n't have upset him by taking his dog for a walk , that was for sure . |
| 18 | The boy was by now so full of cake he was like a sackful of wet cement and you could n't have hurt him with a sledge-hammer . |
| 19 | But he had n't seemed the type somehow — she would n't have expected him to be drawn by the lure of so-called fame . |
| 20 | That would n't have surprised him at all . |
| 21 | That is precisely the state I should n't have got him into . |
| 22 | It was better not to know , then she did n't have to picture him with his wife and child in their London house , or at High Brook . |