Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not like to ask him the nature of his work , thinking that if he were something incommunicable , the effort of inventing a lie might crack him up completely . |
| 2 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 3 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 4 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 5 | She was less close to Gildas , whom she regarded with some slight awe , for she feared his irony and his sharp tongue , and would not have allowed him the slightest ‘ liberty ’ had he not cleverly , for he was very clever , ‘ set up , a conversation which led her , through a series of exchanges , into the danger area . |
| 6 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 7 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 8 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |