Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 2 | But Corden , mindful that in football a firm show of boardroom backing so often heralds managerial upheaval , said : ‘ I 'm not going to give him a vote of confidence ! ’ |
| 3 | So that when we have the thing that he calls an annual review and I call a pain in the neck , I do n't actually have to put in very much work to come up with the fact that no , I 'm not going to give him a salary increase , erm , because I have his , his performance , you know , already researched throughout the year . |
| 4 | Democrats are hence navigating , as one of them put it , between the Scylla of not wishing to undercut Mr Bush 's diplomacy and the Charybdis of not wishing to give him a blank cheque . |
| 5 | D I did n't want to give him a false impression . |
| 6 | She suddenly remembered that she had n't thought to offer him a tip — although , unlike the awful Elise , he had n't seemed to expect any payment . |
| 7 | When his father had died twelve months ago and his grandmother had made it clear she was n't going to give him a home , he 'd wondered what would happen to him . |
| 8 | Gazza makes his Lazio debut against his old club and his Tottenham pals are n't going to give him an easy ride . |
| 9 | True , he 'd got The Zombie Walks coming up , but that was n't going to make him a millionaire , and the old overdraft was getting rather overblown . |
| 10 | As Paddy realised that his stalling tactics were n't going to get him a morning off we went out of the village on a treelined bridleway sloping gently down to the coast . |
| 11 | Well I do n't , I do n't have to give him a key as long as I let him in , you do n't have to have a key , but he can arrange , he can arrange for me to be there |