Example sentences of "not [verb] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guessed , but did not make him confirm my guess . |
| 2 | It did not make him feel any cleaner . |
| 3 | After all , we have no proof against him , and if we can not make him talk , this mystery will never be solved . |
| 4 | He hoped she had made up her mind to talk and would not make him lose valuable time persuading her . |
| 5 | His personal religious feelings would not make him doubt Ramsey , for he owed something in his private religion to that tradition of the Oxford Movement which Ramsey represented . |
| 6 | • Many poisons cause as much damage coming back up as they do going down , so do not make him vomit unless you are sure it is safe to do so . |
| 7 | We can create conditions for an employer , but we can not make him employ someone under those conditions . |
| 8 | ( 155 ) … and even the Soviet morticians could not make him look presentable . |
| 9 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 10 | Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in . |
| 11 | She had not heard him approach her . |
| 12 | The house sighed , wishing it had not let him start . |
| 13 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 14 | All that was left to her now was to not let him know just how much he had hurt her . |
| 15 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 16 | ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round . |
| 17 | But she did n't respond — at least she did n't do that ! — or only a little bit , only the very smallest bit , because it was so very sweet , so very exciting , so very much what she had always hoped a kiss might be , and if he believed it was what she wanted , why not let him think so ? |
| 18 | She finally turned to face him , determined to smile and not let him know what she 'd heard . |
| 19 | Her eyelashes fluttered down to hide feelings she dared not let him see . |
| 20 | ‘ Th'should tell him so , not let him walk over thee ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 22 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
| 23 | She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon . |
| 24 | I had not seen him smoke before , and did not know he did . |
| 25 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 26 | She did not see him leave . |
| 27 | I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns . |
| 28 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 29 | They felt it right that Wendy did not see him die . |
| 30 | It is specially important not to let him vegetate in front of the television for long periods . |