Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She decided not to offer him a gin and tonic before his performance . |
| 2 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
| 3 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 4 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 5 | He always understood that the papal decree imposed on himself an absolute personal obligation of obedience , but it did not give him a general responsibility for promoting the principle , or for enforcing the obedience of others . |
| 6 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
| 7 | And since she shared Humber 's and my attitude to our job , she did not give me the kind of pep-talk Aline would have come up with in these circumstances . |
| 8 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 9 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 10 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
| 11 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 12 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 13 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 14 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 15 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 16 | That did not make him a criminal under section 14 . |
| 17 | Rovers enjoyed a heavy advantage in penalties before half-time but it did not do them a lot of good . |
| 18 | I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it . |
| 19 | I know and you know that Hardy did not think it a sad poem — just a comment and a summing up . |
| 20 | The confidential report , The Philippine Poor : What is to be Done says about 30 million Filipinos , out of the country 's 56 million population live in ‘ absolute poverty , in the sense of having an income that did not enable them the satisfy basic needs ’ . |
| 21 | Their nimble dexterity even made them preferred in the manufacture of buttons and in lacquering and japanning , although it did not bring them the wages of skilled male artisans . |
| 22 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 23 | Basically , the methods we used , although tried and tested by other organisations did not bring us the 4,000 members we hoped to see by the end of 1992 . |
| 24 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 25 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
| 26 | ‘ The early try did not cost us the game , but the late penalty certainly did lose it for us . ’ |
| 27 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 28 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 29 | Bernard Cotton , the England manager , forcefully expressed the view that England failed to beat the Lahore XI because the Pakistani umpires did not award them the penalty corners and strokes they had earned . |
| 30 | Bernard Cotton , the England manager , forcefully expressed the view that England failed to beat the Lahore XI because the Pakistani umpires did not award them the penalty corners and strokes they had earned . |