Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 4 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 5 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 6 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 7 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 8 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 9 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 10 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |