Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] her the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 2 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 3 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 4 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 5 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 6 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 7 | And then the plate was passed from him to his murderer and it was passed round until it was passed to the bank manager who would n't give her the money and then back to her . |
| 8 | He would n't feed her the line that would enable her to end her days peacefully in public view . |
| 9 | ‘ She was bent on making mischief because I would n't do her the favour she wanted , and she bloody well succeeded , did n't she ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 11 | There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 14 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |