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 !
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