Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] you a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ May we not lend you a mount , Miss Abbott ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ These will not make you a courtier , Roger , but at least you wo n't be a beggar ! ’ |
| 3 | You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations . |
| 4 | Now I 've not given you a lot of chance to speak because you said you do n't want to go and to , but I want |
| 5 | If your lecturer has not given you a book list , get one of your larger colleagues to persuade him to do so . |
| 6 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 7 | Although many Homes may not give you an induction pack , you could start to make up one of your own . |
| 8 | But , erm , I just thought perhaps erm , it would be unfair not to give you a choice . |
| 9 | We went to see a dead man laid out , and it would be a pity not to give you an account of his state . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not doing you a favour , ’ Claudia snapped . |
| 11 | ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not giving you a divorce so you need n't think I am . ’ |
| 13 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 14 | And they 've just said , and and they 've said no they 're not giving you a reason or |
| 15 | ‘ What was your daddy doing not giving you a lift to school ? |
| 16 | I 'm not giving you a lift downstairs , come off it |
| 17 | They will not tell you a lot about what 's going to make him tick as an adult , except that he might be good at a particular academic subject . ’ |
| 18 | If I do not wish to continue after the three monthly issues I will write and let you know within 10 days of receiving my third issue and will not owe you a penny . |
| 19 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 20 | Wearing a miniskirt does n't mean you 're a tart ; tracksuits do n't necessarily mean you 're sporty ; dungarees do n't make you a feminist ; and shaving your legs does n't mean you 're unsussed . |
| 21 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 22 | ‘ Mind you , ’ she whispered in his ear as he collapsed to his knees by the bed and clasped her in his arms , ‘ I ca n't promise you a son every time you 're away ! ’ |
| 23 | These precautions wo n't guarantee you a dream child carer , but until the Government follows Europe 's lead — they 're all we 've got . |
| 24 | But it wo n't buy you a shop , now , will it ? ’ |
| 25 | Well it would n't do you a lot of good with erm sherry . |
| 26 | It does n't give you a hangover if you remember to get down half a pint of water before you go to sleep . |
| 27 | They said , they said it do n't give you a hangover but do n't believe it cos I had a you have a |
| 28 | I , I 've got to have something from you ten people , you ten recording people because , because it 's reasonably erm , represented , like , I ca n't give it , in other words I ca n't give you a chance to explain this as much as I would like to , because it 's not fair on the other people . |
| 29 | Encouraged , he went on , ‘ The President introduced you as his granddaughter but he did n't give you a name . ’ |
| 30 | They ca n't give you a purpose or meaning in life . |