Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had made every effort to attract him , but he had not given her his heart . |
| 2 | ‘ Surprisingly enough , Old Red has not given me his reasons . |
| 3 | He added that she had not given him her London address . |
| 4 | It is time that players realised that if their club had not given them their chance they would not be internationals . |
| 5 | In 1951 , he could still write to an author who wanted to publish some works in his collection : ‘ I have not given you my permission because I do not know what will be in the book you are writing . |
| 6 | The RICS check each lease to make sure there is a power of appointment ; other than that , the president did not consider it his function to determine any legal questions which might arise in the course of a rent review . |
| 7 | Mr. Pantry informed Mr. Small , for the defence , of the discrepancy between the 12 January statement and Matadial 's evidence about the telephone call after the shooting , but did not consider it his duty to show him the statement . |
| 8 | But in the best English tradition he did not consider it his business to equip his deficient students with tools they had not got . |
| 9 | At 23 , Graham , from Leytonstone , east London , had just started in cricket and did not consider it his job . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not grudge you your victory . |
| 11 | But he also provided the second , because — with the possible exception of the United States , that land which appeared to promise the poor a personal way out of lifelong poverty , the worker a private exit from the working class , and every citizen equality with every other — the working classes knew that the liberal free market alone would not give them their rights and their needs . |
| 12 | • Nocturnal or crepuscular ( evening-time ) fish may miss out on the food if you do not give them their rations just before lights out . |
| 13 | Thanks to you , I can not give him my name , but I shall furnish him with everything else he needs , including love . |
| 14 | A Pakistani called Jansher Khan is the champion , and they will not give him his prize money because he walked out of the official dinner . |
| 15 | But I do mean it : if you do not give me my answer now , I shall have to go , for ever . ’ |
| 16 | So , do not give me your hand . |
| 17 | He would not give me his address in Barcelona — it would be too dangerous for us to meet again . |
| 18 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
| 19 | ‘ They want no part of it and do not give it their support . |
| 20 | Nor would the view serve any purpose , including the purpose for which it was devised , if it were no more than the idea that particular episodes of consciousness-say desiring-can be identified by their causal roles , where such identification does not give us their nature , or all of their nature . |
| 21 | Jackson Chatterton had not offered me his hand and appeared not to notice when I offered mine . |
| 22 | I was upset and angry because he had not told me his plans . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've already made up your mind not to give them your account ? ’ |
| 24 | If the trustee is removed , the creditors can also resolve not to give him his release . |
| 25 | IAN Wright 's name duly went into referee David Allison 's book — but it will not cost him his FA Cup semi-final place against Tottenham next month . |
| 26 | ‘ Since you are Derek 's friends — or rather since you do n't care very much for his health and welfare I will not call you his friends but surely I ought to know your name ! ’ |
| 27 | Well I know you 're not giving them our biscuit but then we just get through . |
| 28 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 29 | I can not tell you their names because some are still alive . ’ |
| 30 | But I shall not tell you their names . |