Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 4 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 5 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 6 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 7 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ The early try did not cost us the game , but the late penalty certainly did lose it for us . ’ |
| 10 | Bernard Cotton , the England manager , forcefully expressed the view that England failed to beat the Lahore XI because the Pakistani umpires did not award them the penalty corners and strokes they had earned . |
| 11 | Bernard Cotton , the England manager , forcefully expressed the view that England failed to beat the Lahore XI because the Pakistani umpires did not award them the penalty corners and strokes they had earned . |
| 12 | But the Woman did not offer him the ear-piece that she and Doyle used . |
| 13 | One or two ugly scenes had occurred between him and Paul Danquah and though they remained friends Minton did not offer him the use of the self-contained flat at the back of the ground floor in his new home . |
| 14 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 15 | If the experimenter found it then he kept it , and if he did not find it the child got the chocolate . |
| 16 | You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume . |
| 17 | We do not tell you the location of these areas , nor do we tell you which pennant is in which combat zone . |
| 18 | If the big parties do not like it the remedy is in their own hands : all they have to do is to steal that third party 's votes . |
| 19 | They did , they did it in the evening but they 're not in the , did n't do it the morning . |
| 20 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | He did n't tell me the half of it . |
| 23 | You did n't tell me the disease is here , in your house ! ’ |
| 24 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |
| 25 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 26 | I feel sorry for his sons because he only told them what he wanted them to know , he did n't tell them the rest . |
| 27 | What did you tell the police , Mr Calder , if you did n't tell them the truth ? ’ |
| 28 | I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine . |
| 29 | Yeah that was alright I w I did n't tell you the truth when we said that , sorry ! |
| 30 | But I did n't show them the robot animal . |