Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I shall hear full soon enough , but I dare not ask him about the poor lady . |
| 2 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 3 | ‘ But I ca n't picture him any other way than the little boy he was on that last day I saw him . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm terrified to let him out , but I ca n't keep him in for ever . |
| 5 | He does n't tell us anything about that side of things but I ca n't imagine him ever finishing with someone . |
| 6 | " But I ca n't contact him , " says the woman . |
| 7 | But I ca n't hate him because he does n't matter . |
| 8 | I mean , I 've had an offer from who said I 'll come in any Saturday but I ca n't take him off Dick cos Dick needs him there . |
| 9 | Just trying to see if there was any , Ernie , I 'm trying to hunt Ernie up but I ca n't find him yet . |
| 10 | I have a look round to see if Simon 's there , but I ca n't see him . |
| 11 | They arrested him but I ca n't see him . |
| 12 | Maybe there is a moment when Dumbo drops his guard , but I ca n't see him . |
| 13 | Shaun got the impression that he had responsibility but I ca n't remember him doing anything except organise a few gigs . |
| 14 | The King 's mother said , ‘ You are singularly mature for this boy , but I would not have him distressed before Famagusta is won . |
| 15 | He tried to put his arm round me , but I would not let him . |
| 16 | I 've been going out with a bloke for about ten years , but I would n't marry him — I 'd have to be in to make his tea ! |
| 17 | But I would n't want him to make his comeback on desperate ground . ’ |
| 18 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 19 | But I would n't trust him . |
| 20 | But I would nt call him a winger . |
| 21 | My chaplain begs me to say more but I sha n't satisfy him ! ] |
| 22 | But I sha n't let him continue to ruin my life . |
| 23 | I respect him , but I wo n't marry him . ’ |
| 24 | He says yes , but I wo n't tell him you said that ! |
| 25 | But I wo n't let him carry out his plan , whatever it is . |
| 26 | Barry wants it done but I wo n't let him . |
| 27 | I wanted to answer his question , but I could not tell him my terrible secret . |
| 28 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 29 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 30 | But I could n't shake him on it , so then I concentrated on finding out which hospital you were in . |