Example sentences of "[vb past] not give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , they decided not to give us quite so much work ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In spite of these provisions , not infrequently Courts conveyed the view that the Act did not give them power to make orders with a condition of access . |
| 4 | Their resilience and in part fortuitous revival may have been due to the slightly more permissive policies of the Popular Front government in Paris — thousands of political prisoners were released although thousands more remained in gaol — but much more seems to have been the result of the ability to rebuild an organization from the bottom up even though the advice and instructions they received from international communism meant acquiescence in policies which did not give them pre-eminent appeal as a revolutionary party . |
| 5 | The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future . |
| 6 | While Eva was at Usher the political situation did not give them too much pause for thought . |
| 7 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 8 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 9 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 10 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 11 | And being organized did not give him pleasure . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She did not give him time to finish . |
| 14 | But his mother did not give him permission to work . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 20 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 21 | The Treaty of Rome , with the consent of the British people , was given force in this country by our EC Act of 1972 ; Brussels has no power to legislate for us that we did not give it . |
| 22 | They ( until recently ) simply did not give it . |
| 23 | Tina had never been married , though her mother had never given up hope , and did not give it up now , that a wedding would one day take place . |
| 24 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 27 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 28 | Then your client 's transaction will take priority over any other event ( such as the bankruptcy of the seller ) or transaction ( such as a mortgage of the property ) of which the official certificate of search did not give you notice . |
| 29 | Father cared , but he did not give us enough time and attention . |
| 30 | Althusser suggests that although Marxist history is defined as a theory of the modes of production , Marx did not give us any theory of how the transition was effected from one mode of production to another , nor of how each mode of production was constituted . |