Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered . |
| 2 | I did not want him to be alone with Otto . |
| 3 | He did not kiss her , she did not want him to . |
| 4 | She did not want him in her life . |
| 5 | That this tolerant attitude should have resulted in his being called an Anekāntavādin , or a believer in many doctrines , is not surprising , but it did not disturb him in the least . |
| 6 | She did not expect him to be ‘ faithful ’ , but he was . |
| 7 | It had to be an art that did not separate him from the uncultured poor but was founded in them , gathering them to him in a home of art they could all share , a home that sheltered and consoled ; a warm place . |
| 8 | Caernarfonshire captain Dave Wallace said Llandudno had not engaged Barnes as a professional and did not pay him for playing . |
| 9 | However , his appreciation of the dangers from militant continental Catholicism did not blind him to the threat from the more radical varieties of Protestantism at home , and as Kenneth Fincham and Peter Lake have commented : ‘ it is difficult not to be impressed by the skill with which he handled both anti-Puritan and anti-papal stereotypes to create the ideological space within which the royal will could manoeuvre and policy be formulated . ’ |
| 10 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant . |
| 11 | He was wearing his best suit , which did not fit him at all . |
| 12 | The authority took the view that J 's difficulties did not preclude him from following ‘ a normal mainstream curriculum suited to pupils of his age ’ . |
| 13 | Despite a diary mix-up , my unexpected arrival on a Saturday did not perturb him in the slightest . |
| 14 | Ironically , Gallacher 's capacity for tragedy did not leave him for long ; at the end of the game he was told his sister-in-law had died in Scotland , and as the tartan army led a ragtime jazz-band through the streets of London , Hughie Gallacher was on his way to the funeral . |
| 15 | They did not discover him till a fortnight later . |
| 16 | My obligation to Harry is sacred for his father 's sake , even if I did not love him like my own . |
| 17 | He had hinted , as Maureen had done , that Pascoe was guilty of fraud but did not implicate him in the murder , and invited Wickham to accept that it was a political killing . |
| 18 | But the significance of this did not strike him at the moment . |
| 19 | But she did not strike him as a girl who would get much pleasure out of flagellating herself with self-loathing and trembling hypocrisy . |
| 20 | Someone would be made to die for the crime ; but for all his reservations , Merymose did not strike him as the kind of man who would fall on just anyone in order to present a solution . |
| 21 | That was why she did not tell him about her pregnancy . |
| 22 | When Martin Bean returned with Alice — an Alice who was tear-stained but still young enough for tears to be part of the simple process of healing — Emmie and Oliver did not tell him about Mr Hellyer . |
| 23 | I started by saying to Harold that I had been told about his Honours List — I did not tell him by whom — and I hoped that what I heard was mistaken . |
| 24 | that does n't bother me , but considering it was only the second I 'd spoken to him and I did not fancy him in the least erm , it really made my skin crawl . |
| 25 | He threatened that if the Moldavian authorities did not notify him within 10 days of their implementation of measures to extricate Moldavia from its crisis of " inter-ethnic confrontation " he would take " necessary measures " in accordance with his newly enhanced presidential powers [ see p. 37903 ] . |
| 26 | Dennis Clark yesterday told John Turner , 30 , that society would be outraged if he did not send him to prison . |
| 27 | the Racing Post did not mention him at all in its main preview of the race ; and the official Cheltenham racecard form guide nominated him ‘ more of a candidate for last place than first ’ . |
| 28 | She was almost unconscious and did not recognize him at first . |
| 29 | Unlike the other more senior competitors for the approval of the leader , she did not treat him as a fellow professional or even a well-informed client . |
| 30 | They depended upon him for their pleasure , they admired him because he had a skill they did not , they liked him because he was charming and energetic , but they did not treat him as their equal . |