Example sentences of "not give [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 2 | Nevertheless she said , ‘ Why not give her the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 3 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 6 | In these stories the young characters learn that their greater physical power does not give them the right to treat the little people as playthings or inferiors . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 8 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 9 | You can not , you can not give them the the national curriculum book ! |
| 10 | The council tax will treat widows unfairly in the same way , because it does not give them the discount that they deserve . |
| 11 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 12 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 13 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
| 14 | An order for specific performance is one which requires the seller actually to deliver the goods and does not give him the option of paying damages instead . |
| 15 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 16 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 17 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 18 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 19 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 20 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
| 21 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 24 | Why not give me the letter — unless there 's anything private in it — and the woman 's address . ’ |
| 25 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 27 | The present churches are right to be concerned that many do not give themselves the opportunity to grow in any faith because apathy and false gods have moved into the vacuum that exists instead of a soul . |
| 28 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |
| 29 | Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for . |
| 30 | The mixture of an SD1 engine , Range Rover flywheel and exhaust in a Range Rover does not give you the power that you might expect , so be careful when mixing engine components such as flywheels , camshafts , distributor and carbs from different engine applications . |