Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] give [pron] [art] " 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 always understood that the papal decree imposed on himself an absolute personal obligation of obedience , but it did not give him a general responsibility for promoting the principle , or for enforcing the obedience of others . |
| 4 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
| 10 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 11 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 12 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 13 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 14 | Needless to say , I did n't buy the memory expansion and did n't give myself a Christmas present . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't give her a choice . |
| 16 | ‘ You can say that you did n't give her a photograph . ’ |
| 17 | And Scott goes oh it 's a good job it 's a good he did n't give her a love bite ! |
| 18 | Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything . |
| 19 | He used the same line with his mother ; for once he did n't give her the real reason . |
| 20 | One night and morning did n't give her the right to confess her love when it might just be a burden to him . |
| 21 | But did n't give me no moneys . |
| 22 | And she did n't give me a chance to explain my case at all . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They did n't give me a house number . ’ |
| 24 | Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance . |
| 25 | ‘ Stephen did n't give me a chance , ’ Griffiths said later . |
| 26 | It did n't give me a positive attitude to psychiatric care or the regime in the National Health Service at all |
| 27 | It did n't give me a very positive image to actually find other people , but I used to go to South London drag pubs , such as the Vauxhall , with schoolfriends when we were in sixth form . |
| 28 | The chap here did n't give me a lot of hope . |
| 29 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
| 30 | Cobalt said : ‘ She did n't give me a name , but she said her friend was killed by ‘ the Americans ’ . |