Example sentences of "[adv] not [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her now , a sheepish half-smile on his face that said , ‘ I 'd better not antagonise him further by passing a minute with you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am sorry , I really am , ’ she said sincerely , deciding she 'd better not press him further . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 4 | She knew she had better not tell him how much it had cost . |
| 5 | Ooh better not leave him in the kitchen or the dogs 'll eat him |
| 6 | He 'd better not let him loose . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But you 'd better not see him for too long . |
| 8 | Remembered the horrible , fair , insinuating Frome sidling up to her at the counter and suddenly , unexpectedly , braying out for the whole shop to hear in exaggerated cockney : ‘ Better not fatten him up too much , love , or he 'll be too heavy to baby-snatch . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Cathy Henderson better not hear him on like that , ’ Natasha said . |
| 10 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 11 | After the war , a doctor who gave him a check-up ( incredibly enough not recognising him ) remarked : ‘ One can see that you were n't in the war . ’ |
| 12 | She worshipped him and was canny enough not to let him know . |
| 13 | If George Bush survives the Presidential elections in November it will be because the Democrats can produce nothing better than Bill Clinton whose appalling record on capital punishment ( he likes it ) is reason enough not to want him . |
| 14 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 15 | I do n't know the driver and I would rather not know him . |
| 16 | I 'd rather not see him . |
| 17 | She knew she 'd been right not to trust him , guessed she had lost his support and did the only thing possible — tore at the bread with her teeth , one bite , two … three — stuffing her mouth till the bread protruded and she could hardly chew . |
| 18 | She had been right not to trust him . |
| 19 | She had been right not to trust him , for he seduced with soft words , with heat and passion and false promises of safety . |
| 20 | They were just not telling him . |
| 21 | I do n't think he 'd mind much , but I 'd sooner not try him out . |
| 22 | She laughed , still not trusting him . |
| 23 | ‘ But you 're still not hitting him where it really hurts . ’ |
| 24 | A third point was that Crown counsel at the trial , Mr. Pantry , improperly tried to cross-examine the defendant and also commented to the jury on the defendant 's exercise of the right to silence and that the trial judge was wrong not to correct him . |
| 25 | probably not invite him , I think he 'll |
| 26 | You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 27 | The old man would often not recognize him , and at the most answered with a phrase or two or a grunt . |
| 28 | ‘ He says the players would often not see him from one day to the next . |
| 29 | She should have learned long ago not to take him seriously . |
| 30 | did n't he years ago and the big kids sort of , well not torment him , but he 's for the fun you know |