Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] she the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed .
2 She gazed , wide-eyed , at the first large town she had ever visited , for Matilda had not permitted her the freedom of Gloucester .
3 Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’
4 But he did not give her the opportunity .
5 Nevertheless she said , ‘ Why not give her the benefit of the doubt ?
6 I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care .
7 Louise realised that Nora wanted a fight in order to clear her growing frustration — and she was determined not to give her the opportunity .
8 So she said , ‘ I have n't had a chance to make up my mind yet , but I have no reason not to give her the benefit of the doubt . ’
9 Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone .
10 Better not tell her the truth .
11 He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth .
12 Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk .
13 Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) .
14 While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) .
15 He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving .
16 ‘ She was bent on making mischief because I would n't do her the favour she wanted , and she bloody well succeeded , did n't she ? ’
17 Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything .
18 There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant .
19 And then the plate was passed from him to his murderer and it was passed round until it was passed to the bank manager who would n't give her the money and then back to her .
20 but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it
21 Do n't give her the satisfaction of knowing you 're watching . ’
22 One night and morning did n't give her the right to confess her love when it might just be a burden to him .
23 Not that he had n't told her the story of his sainted sister Eileen , and how she died giving birth to her child .
24 Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and .
25 ‘ Aye well , miss , if I do n't see her the night on the quiet , I 'll only come to the shop the morrow , an' I 'll put it plainly to her da . ’
26 ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed .
27 ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk .
28 When she wakes , do n't tell her the letter has come .
29 He would n't feed her the line that would enable her to end her days peacefully in public view .
30 She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy .
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