Example sentences of "not take him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose did not take him at his word . |
| 2 | One of them , Machik , ‘ manifested great inventiveness , cunning and insidiousness in his struggle against the Russian authorities , and the voevody could not take him at his word ’ . |
| 3 | The Storys leave for Rome at the end of this month and can not take him with them . |
| 4 | His repugnance , for example , does not take him to the point of seeking to prevent those who wished to take part in war from doing so . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall not take him to Court . |
| 6 | She could not take him to Nan-Nan who would soon be , if she were n't already , fussing , supervising the nurserymaids , the care of the baby … . |
| 7 | He thrust the clothes brush into the bewildered Prendergast 's hand , patted him on the shoulder , and made tracks for the Personnel Director 's Office by a circuitous route that did not take him past his own . |
| 8 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
| 9 | Young Daniel 's death had been as great a tragedy , but had not taken him like this . |
| 10 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |