Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] give [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
2 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
3 | He did not give me the money for either . |
4 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
5 | that 's another story with a an unusual ending cos I 'd have thought when you were saying that he was n't that he did n't give them the |
6 | Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything . |
7 | He used the same line with his mother ; for once he did n't give her the real reason . |
8 | He did n't give me the impression of being badly injured . |
9 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |
10 | He was n't er able to be so positive as that , but he did certainly give us the impression that er that he 'd listened very carefully to what we had to say . |
11 | He had just given her the chocolates and she had kissed him . |
12 | Perhaps he had simply given her the benefit of the doubt . |
13 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |