Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] he " in BNC.

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1 His owner must not shampoo him while he 's knotty as it will tighten the knots and make them harder to remove .
2 You must not think him ridden with angst just because , for once , he 's agreed to discuss with us the things he normally ignores .
3 Charity looked serious but she was obviously a master at the game and he must not show he 'd been jolted .
4 I agree that we must not tell him , but he is sure to find out , you know .
5 She must not fail him .
6 We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives .
7 She must not lose him again .
8 ‘ But , Your Grace , I insist you must not trust him .
9 With suppressed excitement and relief at the possibility of preoccupation , he told the Foreign Secretary that the crisis of the monarchy was upon them , that he ( Eden ) must go and read his own overseas correspondence on the subject ( which he had not apparently hitherto done ) , and that he must not trouble him ( Baldwin ) too much with foreign affairs just now .
10 A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems .
11 We should not advise him in what circumstances the claim would be covered under the policy .
12 Again , so far as the language of the statute is concerned , I can see no reason in principle why the constable in the course of explaining to the driver his rights under section 8(2) should not tell him , if it be the case , that he , the constable , will require the replacement specimen to be of blood .
13 We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism .
14 Notorious was his initial estimate of reparations to be extracted from Germany — £20 billion — ‘ and if anybody went for forty billions , I should not disbelieve him ’ .
15 ‘ Just as you like , ’ said Burden , turning his face away so that Wexford should not see him smile .
16 But perhaps Gabriel and Boldwood were right , and she should not see him again ?
17 While you can substitute another activity for one the patient wants to abandon , you should not allow him to stop and do nothing .
18 I must n't want him this much …
19 You must n't tell him you 've seen me — that 's all over and done with . ’
20 ‘ You told me I must n't tell him .
21 She must n't irritate him .
22 Ooh you must n't bite him !
23 Paralysed in its grip , she kept telling herself , over and over again , that she must n't leave him to drown : whatever Bella had said to her , however much she herself hated him , there was no point in pretending to herself that she could abandon anyone , not even him , to die .
24 ‘ We must n't let him know ’ , they said , when some part of the job had gone smoothly ( him referring either to manager , or to Chief Steward ) .
25 Darling , you must n't let him sap your confidence .
26 But she could n't , must n't let him kiss her again .
27 She must n't let him take the rise out of her like that .
28 I do n't know why Barny chose to eat his own chicks , but I must n't judge him in human terms .
29 But no — he must n't condemn him .
30 ‘ You must n't believe him ! ’ cried Agnes .
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