Example sentences of "[vb mod] not give him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Should n't give him too much tomato , ’ Emmie said . |
| 2 | What with the cacophony of sounds assailing us from all sides and the crowd of shoppers jostling and pressing between and around us , this reply may not give him a very clear indication of where I am standing . |
| 3 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |
| 4 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 5 | Alexander asked if the doctor knew what that something was , but he could not give him any answer . |
| 6 | Rohan was older , of course , but he needed the kind of attention that Fabien could not give him , although he was devoted to the boy . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Grace commented , ‘ Robbie is a lovely dog and I could n't give him up now , but I would never have dreamt that rescuing a dog could cause me to lose my home . |
| 9 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 10 | She knew they were n't suited to each other , really ; she did n't love him , but she could n't give him up just yet . |
| 11 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 12 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 13 | This I dare n't give him . |
| 14 | so this means you dare n't give him anything now . |
| 15 | The man in the attic had been dragged through the gaps under the roof to one of the empty houses next door , and from there to the bushes down by the beck where the sound of his coughing would not give him away . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely . |
| 18 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 19 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 20 | I would not give him an answer until we were on our own . |
| 21 | I would n't give him up for the world . ’ |
| 22 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 23 | I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’ |
| 24 | He slung the bag into the culvert and replaced the bicycle , remembering to lift it clear of the ground so that the whickering of the freewheel gear would n't give him away . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't give him a ham sandwich , ’ said Robert . |
| 26 | The official appointment would n't give him more money . |
| 27 | She would n't give him the satisfaction of showing any further anger or distress . |
| 28 | It did n't seem to her that Timothy Gedge was trying to make a joke , yet it was amazing that he was saying all this just to pay them back for not being friendly or because he wanted a wedding-dress they would n't give him , or for any reason at all . |
| 29 | He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them . |
| 30 | If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she would n't give him the satisfaction . |