Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] them the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 3 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 4 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 5 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 6 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 7 | You can not , you can not give them the the national curriculum book ! |