Example sentences of "do not give [pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 5 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 6 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 7 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 8 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 9 | It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture . |
| 10 | Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything . |
| 11 | He used the same line with his mother ; for once he did n't give her the real reason . |
| 12 | One night and morning did n't give her the right to confess her love when it might just be a burden to him . |
| 13 | He did n't give me the impression of being badly injured . |
| 14 | No these did n't give me the feeling of being police . |
| 15 | You did n't do the work at all and did n't give me the book either . |
| 16 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 17 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 18 | Just because he was her boss , that did n't give him the right to organise her social life as well ! |
| 19 | We did n't give him the message . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | It 's long gone — we did n't give them arms we did n't give them the sort of training you 're talking about . |
| 22 | But she did n't give us the satisfaction of raising her eyes to confirm the fact . |
| 23 | ‘ But she did n't give you the book . |
| 24 | ‘ And I did n't give you the chance to put things straight , ’ she murmured . |
| 25 | ‘ When you bullied me into this … charade , ’ she spat the words out , ‘ it did n't give you the right to boss me about . |
| 26 | I was talking on Sue , I was saying if you 've got a client who did n't give you the convenient forty two pounds , but said you 'd got forty or thirty pounds to spend , the first thing you 've got to do is take off the two pounds policy fee , so you 're left in this case , with thirty eight pounds . |
| 27 | He do n't give me the position . |
| 28 | Indigenous British women affected by post-natal depression are often single mothers or those whose husbands or boyfriends do n't give them the care and affection or help they need in this new stage of their life . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's no use investing a great deal in youngsters like Robinson if we do n't give them the chance to prove themselves . |
| 30 | Young girls will steal make-up if their parents do n't give them the money for it … ‘ |