Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] given him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theseus would still be blundering around in the labyrinth where he went to slay the Minotaur , if Ariadne had not given him a ball of thread so that he could retrace his steps when the deed was done . |
| 2 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 3 | Jimmy Carter 's limited experience in politics had not given him adequate preparation for the demands of the White House . |
| 4 | If they had not given him some food , he surely would have died like his mother . |
| 5 | As the conservative Senator Nunn said , in the fateful debate giving the president the powers he ( and the pro-Israeli members of Congress so fervently ) sought , Bush had not given him compelling reason for committing huge American forces to combat . |
| 6 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 7 | He added that she had not given him her London address . |
| 8 | On several occasions , Darwin had recourse to ask Prince to supply him with information that Gould had not given him . |
| 9 | For one thing he would have to acknowledge that Sarah was not barren , so it must be his own fault she had n't given him children . |
| 10 | His screen character was one of dunderheaded amiability , and Daine had n't given him enough self-awareness to adapt with the Dream . |
| 11 | The answer came suddenly , a slap in the face that made her wince : because , on the only occasion when Merrill had actually confronted him with her suspicions — had brought them right out into the open — she had n't given him a chance to explain . |
| 12 | Arriving back , as he did from his holidays , to discover that his honourable companions had n't given him a second to call his own , he took umbrage ( somewhere near Troy ) |