Example sentences of "did [not/n't] give [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But he did not give her the opportunity .
2 And since she shared Humber 's and my attitude to our job , she did not give me the kind of pep-talk Aline would have come up with in these circumstances .
3 He did not give me the money for either .
4 ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied .
5 Christopher Pitchford , QC , prosecuting , told the jury : ‘ Whatever their feelings were on the home of an elderly woman being broken into by a gang of drug-crazed teenagers , it did not give anyone the excuse to take the law into their own hands . ’
6 The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry .
7 Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything .
8 One night and morning did n't give her the right to confess her love when it might just be a burden to him .
9 No these did n't give me the feeling of being police .
10 He did n't give me the impression of being badly injured .
11 You did n't do the work at all and did n't give me the book either .
12 We did n't give him the message .
13 We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved .
14 Just because he was her boss , that did n't give him the right to organise her social life as well !
15 It 's long gone — we did n't give them arms we did n't give them the sort of training you 're talking about .
16 ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it .
17 But she did n't give us the satisfaction of raising her eyes to confirm the fact .
18 ‘ And I did n't give you the chance to put things straight , ’ she murmured .
19 ‘ But she did n't give you the book .
20 ‘ When you bullied me into this … charade , ’ she spat the words out , ‘ it did n't give you the right to boss me about .
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