Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] him the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
2 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
3 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
4 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Thus he says of Ali , a member of Fatah , ‘ He knew I loved him , but it did n't make him the slightest bit arrogant . |
7 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
8 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
9 | She had n't rejected him the first time , though , just evaded a decision , wanting him to strengthen it somehow . |