Example sentences of "[verb] him that it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way the temperature fell at his remark told him that it was not the correct one . |
| 2 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 3 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 4 | But his publisher persuaded him that it was not wise to print such an open attack on the Government . |
| 5 | Shildon reminded him that it was not wholly the fruit of his investigation for Eliot , he had a head start because he used to work for MacQuillan in Detroit . |
| 6 | He thought everything was easy to those who believed ; and nothing would persuade him that it was not so . |