Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 2 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 4 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 5 | Aye you see I can not tell you the right story , but when Mary Queen of Scots |
| 6 | I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing . |
| 7 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
| 8 | I can not give you the exact quantities you should use , for it will vary from one water to another according to the carp population . |
| 9 | All this may seem like a put-off — but so many have died through lack of thought , facilities and impatience I can not give you the impression that they are going to be cheap and easy , quite the reverse ! |
| 10 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 11 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 12 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 13 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 14 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 15 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 16 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 17 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 18 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 19 | You can not , you can not give them the the national curriculum book ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 22 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |
| 23 | Due to the constraints of the Trove system we can not show you the policies as they are actually printed . |
| 24 | Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for . |
| 25 | The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive . |
| 26 | If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that ! |
| 27 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 28 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 29 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 30 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |