Example sentences of "did not 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 .
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