Example sentences of "have [verb] him no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 2 | Timothy Gedge , with his hollow cheeks and his gawkiness , had picked on them even though he did n't know them , even though they 'd done him no harm . |
| 3 | They will have done him no good in the housing movement , which recognises that my hon. Friend stands for a real commitment , typical of this Government , to the needs of homeless people . |
| 4 | He did not know that Isambard , unsure of the numbers with which he had to deal , and always thorough , had brought forty men to sustain the assault against his dozen ; and even if he had known it would have brought him no comfort . |
| 5 | During his years at Oxford , he had spent part of his vacations in France , but those relatively short periods had given him no idea of the chaos that had prevailed since his father 's death . |
| 6 | And our hero in his turn , felt despondent and fearful , for his little grey mentor had given him no instructions for this eventuality . |
| 7 | She had given him no opportunity to indicate that there was an old friend with him — not that there was , at that point , but there might have been , and if there had been , it was hardly his fault if Alexandra had chosen to come knocking on the door without giving him a chance to explain — and then getting stroppy when she found someone had got there before her . |
| 8 | And was that why God had given him no son or heir ? |
| 9 | She had given him no answer but had stared at him and he had come back quickly , saying , ‘ That was a daft thing to say ; you always manage . ’ |
| 10 | People had done him no harm , the Dasses , the Abigails . |
| 11 | But she had left him no alternative . |
| 12 | First he reminded us that it had taken him no time at all to find the Ardakkean thief — an off-world technician working in one of the phetam refining plants . |
| 13 | ‘ I have given him no money . |
| 14 | He says continuing heavy losses and falling markets have given him no option but to propose that the six hundred and forty man pit should close . |
| 15 | But because he has not disowned his book , himself applying the match and hoisting it aloft on a stick , his gestures have done him no good . |