Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] them the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We must also recognise that we have not given them the support and management guidance on practical recruitment that they , as volunteers , need . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The council tax will treat widows unfairly in the same way , because it does not give them the discount that they deserve . |
| 6 | In these stories the young characters learn that their greater physical power does not give them the right to treat the little people as playthings or inferiors . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 9 | It is absurd not to give them the chance , and help British industry and world science . |
| 10 | A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons . |
| 11 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |
| 12 | Since the industry is in any case organized in some particulars by the Milk Marketing Board , a governmental agency , why not award them the contract for nationwide milk supply ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | probably had n't paid that much , so these peo the ones that lent the money out , in really they er , and they really have suffered just , they probably thought that if we do n't lend them the money somebody else will and get the interest and they 'll grow bigger and much overtake us , you know , to , to take over our business , so er , so the |
| 16 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 17 | But I did n't show them the robot animal . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's no use investing a great deal in youngsters like Robinson if we do n't give them the chance to prove themselves . |
| 19 | Young girls will steal make-up if their parents do n't give them the money for it … ‘ |
| 20 | sense in which it 's in their interest not to breach this because you wo n't give them the material they need |
| 21 | Now we have n't got X in it yet so we ca n't give them the answer in that form cos they |
| 22 | It 's long gone — we did n't give them arms we did n't give them the sort of training you 're talking about . |
| 23 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
| 24 | He would n't give them the satisfaction . |
| 25 | I would n't give them the satisfaction . |
| 26 | I would n't I would n't give them the option , I would go and ask those same ones you had in last week . |
| 27 | Indigenous British women affected by post-natal depression are often single mothers or those whose husbands or boyfriends do n't give them the care and affection or help they need in this new stage of their life . |
| 28 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
| 29 | There at the start of the working day , giving you , you 've got ta say that next step and tell them , okay , if you can say so what , you have n't told them the benefit . |
| 30 | So what I 'd like to do is erm , balance out the influence in him , prior to going out and making these negotiations erm , so that he comes back with a a suitable timescale for us to deal with it , and has n't promised them the earth in the way of commission or er , print changes or whatever . |