Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 He still could n't spare him a drop of real hatred , though — Carter was the one .
2 He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer !
3 Ferguson added : ‘ I have no preconception about which particular strikers will go best together , and have n't given it a lot of thought yet .
4 Ch Chairman I , I , I , I would agree with Mr that we might er successfully change the order , but we ca n't er and should n't make it a condition of issuing that statement of conformity that Aida have done those things .
5 I 'll have to go back to the shop , and check up on them , as I said , hut I imagine you wo n't grudge me a glass of brandy first . "
6 So you ca n't buy me a box of chocolates for and a card ?
7 She says he was still up at quarter past and did n't get up for work until seven this morning , that 's what he said in note anyway , summat about he did n't fetch her a cup of tea up this morning cos he did n't get up till seven .
8 Anyway , I do know they hung Him up on the cross so it did n't do Him a lot of good .
9 It did n't do him a lot of good in the early er in the early days , but er it did stand him in good stead later of course because he became er er a full-time official o of the er Notts area N U M.
10 It would n't do it a lot of good , no exactly .
11 Well it would n't do you a lot of good with erm sherry .
12 Did n't do us a lot of good did it ?
13 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
14 Do n't give her the satisfaction of knowing you 're watching . ’
15 she wo n't give me a bit of her flake
16 The chap here did n't give me a lot of hope .
17 What if she do n't give me a loan of it , what if she tells me , you know , ‘ eff off , ’ or something , and by the time you come to the door , he 'll go like that , ‘ Just keep the lawnmower ’ , you know what I mean .
18 No these did n't give me the feeling of being police .
19 Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day .
20 If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day .
21 He did n't give me the impression of being badly injured .
22 ‘ Philippe does n't give me the impression of being exactly hard up , ’ retorted Melissa , thinking of the designer suits and the new luxury Peugeot in the garage .
23 ‘ Also , young people will get frustrated with the system if the institutions around them do n't give them a means of expressing themselves , ’ he added .
24 It 's long gone — we did n't give them arms we did n't give them the sort of training you 're talking about .
25 I would n't give them the time of day . ’
26 I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it .
27 She would n't give him the satisfaction of showing any further anger or distress .
28 But even as the words echoed in her brain , she knew she would n't voice them , would n't give him the satisfaction of knowing just how childishly he could make her behave .
29 ‘ I do n't care how good the idea is , I do n't like you and wo n't give it the time of day . ’
30 He said , but he said it does n't give us the excuse of not paying the invoices on time , and he said erm I have warned him for it this morning and he said he will process it , and he said the cheque will be in the post here on Monday .
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