Example sentences of "[vb -s] not give him " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it has n't given him much of a clue about setting up a restaurant . |
| 2 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 3 | Churlish indeed the man who wishes his neighbour a Merry Christmas but does not give him tangible proof of this to put on his mantlepiece . |
| 4 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
| 5 | An order for specific performance is one which requires the seller actually to deliver the goods and does not give him the option of paying damages instead . |
| 6 | In 1915 , Grand Admiral von Tirpitz confided to his diary : ‘ The Kaiser does not give him a chance . ’ |
| 7 | Just because the guy can drop names we have all heard of and used to know Bruce McLaren does n't give him the right to bore us every week . |
| 8 | If they confirm that he left at one-thirty , then that does n't give him much time to have entered Randall Lodge and killed Wetherby ; he was practically at Ollerton by two a.m. , driving slowly despite being in his Daimler . |
| 9 | This subject does n't give him a chance to do so . |
| 10 | Sparhawk , just back from questing in the Elenium , ready to claim the kingdom and woo the girl , discovers that his creator David Eddings does n't give him much time to breathe , and he 's off again : the A format of Domes of Fire ( Grafton , £4.99 ) is out this month — stay tuned for further instalments . |
| 11 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
| 12 | Ah , , he has complained now to the Vatican that he , any more , because of , Swiss the community does n't give him the |